Obama Funded with Drug Money
by Big Dog on May 22, 2008 at 13:10 Opinion, Political
The Democrats love to tell stories about how they are for the little guy, the working class schmoes who only need the government to help them move along. The Democrats love to tell everyone how companies are screwing them over at every turn. According to the left the problems with oil right now are because of the oil companies and not the policies of Congress. One favorite of the left is the pharmaceutical companies. The liberals love to take shots at drug manufacturers and how Republicans favor them and let them charge whatever they want. Drug prices, the left says, are high because of the drug company’s policies that hurt the working class. Once again, the policies of the government that contribute to the mess are overlooked.
While they are out there accusing the right of taking drug company money the left is raking it in themselves. For the first time in quite some time Democrats are getting more money from the drug companies than are Republicans. Barack Obama has received $639,124 from drug and medical device companies and that is the highest amount given to any of the three.
Have we heard anything about Obama giving the money back? Have we heard anyone suggest that Obama is the reason drug prices are high? Have we heard about how he must be in bed with them and that he is responsible for the problems of the middle class and working poor who just want reasonably priced medication? No we have not and we likely never will. Political donations from big business are only evil when they go to Republicans. Democrats accept the money to do God’s work.
I want all the liberals out there to keep this information in mind when Barry Obamessiah starts talking about health care and drug companies and how evil they are. I want you to remember this when he talks about drug companies giving money to Republicans or how drug companies have too much influence in Congress.
I would say that Obama’s position of criticizing Congress for taking the money and then taking it himself amounts to nothing more than the Audacity of Dope…
Source:
WBAL (via the AP)
Tags: donations, drug money, hypocrisy, Obama, pharmaceutical companies
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There is a trackback from Meathead who ignores completely the point of the post which is,if Obama is so against drug companies then why does he take their money and why is he not taken to task as Republicans are?
The reason drugs cost a lot of money is the R&D involved coupled with the lawsuits in America. If 1% of a population suffers a problem then a suit is filed and millions of dollars paid out. It all ignores the 99% the drug helped.
As far as R&D, companies have about 7 years to make up all the money they had to spend to develop and market a drug. After that they lose the right to it and it can be made cheaper by other companies that did not pay for its R&D.
Meathead can fail to understand posts all day but health care is my profession and I see what happens in it. I won’t tell him how to write science fiction and he can stay away from the health care issues because I have forgotten more about medicine than he will ever know.
Besides, he quoted me out of context. Must be pathetic that a supposed writer is unable to properly attribute. It is also pathetic he needs to do this in order to get 3 or 4 visitors.
I am sure that people with brains know that I never said that the contributions were responsible for the prices of drugs. In fact, I have stated the reason in the last comment, but the question is since Dems say that the right is responsible for high prices because they are cozy with the drug companies then why are they not saying it for Obama. No where did I state that this was the reason.
If you care to read Obama’s web page (I will not link to it) he talks about how the drug companies are too friendly with Congress and in a debate he said that the drug companies were taking advantage of people. He has talked about them quite a bit.
Maybe the next time someone decides to say that Big Dog cannot control the tone (not content though I could do that) of comments he will know that I certainly can. Or should I say Yes I can…
I guess Obama might have made more money from real drugs but that is another story.
If you look at the quote at Meathead’s (if you must go there) and look what I wrote you can see that he omitted part of the quote without indicating there was a middle piece. He must have learned that from the MSM. In context and given what the post was about, it is clear except to those who abuse drugs, like Meathead. He admitted it on his site when he said:
I should feel guilty about taking drugs. But I just can’t work up any remorse.
That came right from the post he wrote about me and I did not change a word of it. I only left out some of the ones in between.
Context makes a difference.
Not just drug company money.
Check out his connections to crime and corruption
and the constant theme of drug involvement.
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