According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul

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  1. markyb reblogged this from winstonwolfe and added:
    passionate about.
  2. winstonwolfe reblogged this from markyb and added:
    I agree 100% with your statements that I put in bold. You nailed it as far as the socio-economic perspective. Dead on in...
  3. markyb reblogged this from winstonwolfe and added:
    I agree with most of your points. My tone of response was based on how we focus on who likes which candidate, but these...
  4. winstonwolfe reblogged this from markyb and added:
    Wow. There’s a lot to this story but then again, in my opinion, very little learned. 1. I think it’s safe to say almost...
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    Not exactly. You can understand these soldiers’ motivations. If you’re the one fighting the war, and you want to leave,...
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    He’s such a maverick (sic) war-hero (kind of also sic) that the troops would rather support someone else. Possibly...
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