Clinton Camp: Obama Falsely Claims He Doesn't Take Oil Money

A new memo out from the Clinton campaign:

False Advertising: New Obama Ad Falsely Claims He Does Not Accept Money From Oil Companies

Phil Singer: "It's unfortunate that Senator Obama is using false advertising to explain why he can be trusted to do something about energy prices. Senator Obama says he doesn't take campaign contributions from oil companies but the reality is that Exxon, Shell, and others are among his donors. I wonder if they'll fix the ad."

A new ad by Sen. Obama running in Pennsylvania falsely claims that Sen. Obama does not accept money from the oil industry. In the ad, Sen. Obama says "I'm Barack Obama and I don't take money from oil companies or lobbyists and I won't let them block change anymore."

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Obama has received over $160,000 from the oil and gas companies. Two major bundlers for his campaign -- George Kaiser and Robert Cavnar - are oil company CEOs. Sen. Obama has accepted money from Exxon, Shell, BP, Chevron and just about every other major oil company. Just last month, Sen. Obama accepted another $8,400 from ExxonMobil, $12,370 from Chevron and $6,500 from British Petroleum.

In 2005, Sen. Obama voted for the Dick Cheney energy bill, which was written in secret with the oil industry. Hillary Clinton opposed Cheney's energy bill, has a plan to eliminate oil industry tax breaks, and would require oil companies to contribute to a $50 billion strategic energy fund to jumpstart research and investment in clean energy technologies.

Here's the ad:

Comments

[mediahack]

Newsweek does a truth watch reality check on Obama's Oil Money Ad .. The Consensus is.... it's misleading at best.
Why does Obama have to go sleazy this way .. Why not take the high road?

[LawSource]

THIS IS A CONSTANT Dirty PATTERN BY THE Clinton Campaign to deliberately twist the facts, and use there deep connection in MSM, to present it to the public to mislead the working poor who often times do not research information, do not have access to the facts and tend to go with the familiar name candidate.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST Of the “Right Wing” Noise machine media is good at and live for. Especially FIX (fox) News!

THIS IS HOW REDICULOUS This Claim is: If you work doing anything duties at Wal-Mart, or work in a oil refinery for Exxon Mobil. If you as an individual employee, like the Obama campaign and decide to make a monetary contribution, Obama’s campaign, based on Clintons spin of the facts, would then be labeled as taking money from Exxon Mobil or Wal-Mart!!

IF THIS WAS TRUE, they would have held press-conferences and run TV adds rebutting Obama claims. ESPECIALLY, now that her lead is rapidly shrinking in Pennsylvania.

In addition, OBAMA RELEASES ALL HIS TAX RETURNS FROM THE YEAR 2000 to 2007which clearly show that his campaign contributions comes from the regular everyday average people, NOT THE SO CALLED OIL or Special Interest groups!

CLINTON NEED TO STOP LIEING AND RELEASE HER TAX-RETURNS TO THE AMRICAN PEOPLE SO WE CAN REALLY SEE WHO IS FUNDING YOUR CAMPAIGN!!

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[Jey]

Hillary do you really want to go there? Just take a look at her earmarks. Ever watched the documentary Sicko? Take a watch. She's desperate I believe. What are the polls in PA telling us today?

[armadillious2002]

Hillary, some things you just can't lie about. Being in harms way during war time is one of them. Trying to make yourself seem like a war scarred veteran when you are not is another. When guys during the 60's and 70's lied about going to Nam to try and impress girls and etc. - they litterally got their asses kicked bigtime by war veterans. It's just a big NO NO Hillary - you really blew it - "Bigtime".

[dragonfly142]

He lied about the oil money and I guess about taking lobbyist money too according to Bloomberg Obama Faces `Glass-Houses' Attacks Over Fund Raising.Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama emphasizes in a new appeal for donations that ``our movement is changing the way campaigns are funded.'' Not that much, it seems.
Data from the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington research group, show that in the first three months of 2007, the Illinois senator drew from many of the same contributors as other White House hopefuls: employees of law firms; investment bankers; Hollywood celebrities.
While Obama doesn't accept money from registered federal lobbyists, five of his 10 biggest sources of funds are groups of employees at law firms that lobby in Washington. He also received $54,650 from 40 people registered to lobby the Illinois state government, according to the Illinois secretary of state's office and the Federal Election Commission.
`His profile of donors isn't that much different from other candidates,'' said Democratic consultant Peter Fenn, who isn't aligned with any presidential candidate. ``If you're the agent of change and you're doing stuff in a similar vein as everybody else, you're vulnerable to the glass-houses argument.''

[LawSource]

HILLARY Lie about Dick Chaney Oil Bill

It was the energy bill in 2005. I took notes the first time I heard her say it:

In Harrisburg, PA, Clinton said that:

"In 2005, when we had a chance to say 'no' to Dick Cheney and his energy bill, my opponent said yes and voted for it with alllllllllll of those tax subsidies and give-aways that have been used by the oil companies and others to retard the development of clean renewable energy. Really when you think about what we have to do, it's not going to happen just by asking people, it's not just gonna happen by just saying 'don't we all agree,' we're going to have to fight to make the changes against the special interests that dominate Washington."

THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, because she CLEARLY LIED ABOUT WHAT THAT BILL REALLY DID!

As far as I know, Clinton voted FOR the bill, but voted against the combined bill in the end.

And, the bill did NOT include "subsidies and give-a ways" OR "retard development". It INCLUDED:

* Net tax increase on the oil industry
* Billions for renewable research, development
* Subsidies for conservation and efficiency
* Clean coal etc.

She was WRONG TO NOT VOTE FOR THIS BILL.

Obama WAS RIGHT.

By not voting for it, Clinton's vote was for "retarding development" and "continuing subsidies and giveaways."

[rabprevent]

Hilary,
SHOW ME YOUR TAXES< WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY COME FROM? COULD IT BE SPECIAL INTEREST AND YOU DO NOT WANT US TO FIND OUT? MAYBE YOUR TAXES WILL SHOW ALL THE CASH YOU GOT FOR PUSHING NAFTA AND SINCE YOUR HUSBAND PRATICALLY BECAME A LOBBYIST HIMSELF AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY. SHOW US YOUR TAXES IF YOU WANT SOME KIND OF CREDIBILITY!!! AFRAID ONCE YOU DO, IT WILL BE OVER FOR YOU? SHOW ME THE MONEY HIL

[rabprevent]

Please with this stuff, Hilary needs to stop her nonsense. If it were not for Bill, she would be doing charity work, she has done nothing other than pushing an agenda to benefit herself and if women wants to believe that she has their interest in mind, they are sadly mistaken. Please tell me what you have seen from her indicating that she has your interest at heart, please do? She wants to look tough so to show she can play with the boys and then cry when she does not get her way, she is a manupilator and I still want a woman for president, she is just not that woman.

[tbone99]

On February 10, 2005, Obama voted in favor of the passage of the misnamed Class Action Fairness Act ( CAFA) of 2005 which seriously hampers the rights of ordinary citizens to challenge corporations. Senators Biden, Boxer, Byrd, Clinton, Corzine, Durbin, Feingold, Kerry Leah, Reid and 16 other democrats voted against it.

So did 14 state attorneys general, including Lisa Madigan of Obama"s home state of Illinois. She called it a "corporate giveaway." The Senate also received a desperate plea from more than 40 civil rights and labor organizations, including the NAACP, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Human Rights Campaign, American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Justice and Democracy, Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense Fund) and Alliance for Justice.

The bill which will seriously impair labor, consumer and civil rights involved five years of pressure from 100 corporations, 475 lobbyists, and tens of millions of corporate dollars to buy influence. It also involved the active participation of the Wall Street firms now funding the Obama campaign.

The Civil Justice Reform Group, a business alliance comprising general counsels from Fortune 100 firms, was instrumental in drafting the class action bill, according to Public Citizen which also said in a 2003 report that Mayer-Brown partners and employees gave close to $100,000 to the Obama campaign by December 31, 2007.

[LawSource]

HILLARY Lie about Dick Chaney Oil Bill

It was the energy bill in 2005. I took notes the first time I heard her say it:

In Harrisburg, PA, Clinton said that:

"In 2005, when we had a chance to say 'no' to Dick Cheney and his energy bill, my opponent said yes and voted for it with alllllllllll of those tax subsidies and give-aways that have been used by the oil companies and others to retard the development of clean renewable energy. Really when you think about what we have to do, it's not going to happen just by asking people, it's not just gonna happen by just saying 'don't we all agree,' we're going to have to fight to make the changes against the special interests that dominate Washington."

THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, because she CLEARLY LIED ABOUT WHAT THAT BILL REALLY DID!

As far as I know, Clinton voted FOR the bill, but voted against the combined bill in the end.

And, the bill did NOT include "subsidies and give-a ways" OR "retard development". It INCLUDED:

* Net tax increase on the oil industry
* Billions for renewable research, development
* Subsidies for conservation and efficiency
* Clean coal etc.

She was WRONG TO NOT VOTE FOR THIS BILL.

Obama WAS RIGHT.

By not voting for it, Clinton's vote was for "retarding development" and "continuing subsidies and giveaways."

[YellerDawg]

Oops! He loves Poppy Bush and Reagan, too. Have you heard?

[Memorye]

Oh yes I heard

[cybersense]

Here is a problem with taking money from CEO's of companies. There have control of that company and when that money comes from a CEO of a company, it is their business.

Difference? No. When you are in the business and you are an individual of a large company, it is a special interest.

So, if he would have kept his mouth shut about takin ANY money about special interests he would have been okay. But he did not, he just found another way to get the money so it would look like he was not taking the money directly from the Big Companies.

Nice twist.

[tbone99]

Obama has lobbyists as campaign advisors, but not donating. .Obama has largely lived up to his pledge to not accept money from REGISTERED lobbyists and corporate political action committees, yet he has taken contributions from scores of lawyers who represent large corporations, as well as from employees of financial services firms, and drug companies.They are not technically REGISTERED lobbyists.

For example: lawyers at the firm Akin Gump had given Obama almost $65,000 by the end of 2007, although the firm itself didn't give a dime. Lawyers at the firm represent large oil companies such as Lukoil and electronics giants such as Samsung,te­lecommunic­ations companies.

As lobbyists, the firm represents, among others, oil giants Exxon Mobil and BP, the agribusiness behemoth Archer Daniels Midland and aerospace titan Boeing.But they are not REGISTERED lobbyists

Lawyers at Sidley Austin, a Chicago firm with a robust Washington presence, had given Obama more than $225,000 by the end of 2007. Sidley lawyers represent, among others, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Owens Corning. They have lobbied for such companies as Honeywell, General Electric, General Motors, Monsanto and MasterCard.

If you'd like to believe these are janitors and secretaries donating $25, don't let me pop your bubble, There's no one more blind than those who will not see.

[Seaofdreams]

Obama gets his money from here too http://www.obamatruth.org/
Barack Obama is short lived,a cartoon fad that passes like gas which Americans will regret even voting for him the same as they did Richard Nixon.He can't win the big states New York, California,Ohio Texas,Florida none ziltch zero. Reverend Wright is another issue that will follow Obama no matter what just as Sean Hannity & Greta from Fox will expose him even further on this.
Scandals will follow just as Obama's background is more introduced to the American public he'll soar like a rock falling to the ground faster than a guy without a parachute!!

[BatedBreath]

If it's not squeaky clean true, he shouldn't say it. Nevertheless, I support Obama.

[FreedomLoverX]

It IS squeaky clean true. Private individuals made campaign contributions, just like me and hopefully you. Who they work for is irrelevent. Hillary is a squeeky dirty liar.

[Memorye]

I'll vote for Hillary because she will work for me. It does matter who they work for.

[spacealien]

ok so the company doesnt but the employees do...same thing to me.

[slimconnors]

I'm really tired of Hillary playing the victim, misrepresenting herself, and bashing Senator Obama. My current union, AFT, (a teacher's union) has given Hillary nearly 1 million and another union AFSCME has pledged to pay almost $2 million, both contributed these absurd amounts for a Primary race, from their Poltical Action Committee(PAC) funds. Yet, I don't have reason to trust Hillary represents the interests of the working class and poor folk in this country. One only needs to consider why she is for individual Health Care Mandates for ALL and even stated she would garnish workers wages if they didn't enroll in a health care plan but she received $854,000 in contributions from the health care industry in 2005-06 (making her the 2nd highest recipient among Dems/Repubs alike-former Republican Sentorum was #1!). Who does she speak for and why won't she release her tax returns? Well, this life long union worker (who happens to be an over the Hill ;) & white woman) did not vote for her. It's time to reform Washington. Senator Obama will be the 1st President who hasn't been bought and paid for when he arrives at the White House; it really is over a million individuals contributing to Senator Obama's primary, not PACs and Washington Lobbyist. Anyone know how much the Health Care Industry and its lobbyist raised for Hill's Primary? How much did the Washington Lobbyist that met with Hillary when she was PRO NAFTA contribute to this primary?

[willhunter]

Why does everyone repeat the mistake that these are donations from oil companies? Can't people be precise and say that they are donations from oil company employees?

[Memorye]

you are dreaming

[BeyondGoodAndEvil]

You are wrong. This story has been debunked. It's Clinton who has taken money from PACS and lobbyists for the oil industry.
http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3/28/145339/267

[tbone99]

oil company CEO's

[clumberfeet]

Are the contributers also members of Trinity United Church of Christ?

[BeyondGoodAndEvil]

They can't contribute any more than any other individual. Individuals have no power over votes, as in theory, they can contribute the same amount as a janitor. It's PACS and lobbyists you need to worry about as far as corporate interests go, and they are in Clinton's pocket.

[mthespian]

Despite their often god-like salaries which might cause some to believe otherwise -- CEOs are employees.

[Middbrain]

"After his big economy speach in NY Mr.Obama headed to Credit Suisse HQ for a fundraiser with tickets ranging from $1000"
The man is total hippocrite!

[BrooklynLager]

I don't think you understand what the issues here are.

[mthespian]

Are you saying he's a ponderous animal who likes to relax in water? If not, it's possible your lack of proof-reading is similar to your lack of understanding more than the sound-bytes fed to you by a rival campaign.