Is the NRA one of the top political donors....no...really, no, not even close....

[2aguy]

All of the anti gunners bitch and moan about the NRA and how much they spend lobbying and donating to get their civil rights agenda protected....so....if the anti gunners are right....and the NRA is such a power house....where do they rank in all time political donations....top 10 right...? Wrong. Top 20...right? Wrong.

They are 60th in political donations....

58	Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors	$20,897,224	41%	58%
59	Pfizer Inc	$20,797,610	35%	64%
60	National Rifle Assn	$20,546,357	16%	82%
61	Altria Group	$19,517,664	31%	68%

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Heavy Hitters Top All-Time Donors 1989-2014 OpenSecrets

And if you look at the list in the next post....the NRA gives 16% of it's donations to democrats....far more than any union gives to the Republicans....and yet...the NRA is the problem....

Right......

 

[2aguy]

Notice who the top 20 give their money to...the percent on the left is money given to democrats...notice how many in the top 20 there are...the percentage on the left is given to the Republicans...notice how few those are....

15 out of the top 20 give money to Democrats...the anti gun party

5 out of the top 20 give money to Republicans....

12 of the top 20 are unions....

So tell me...why should I be upset about the NRA and what it donates.....?

ActBlue	$124,142,516	99%	0%
2	National Education Assn	$73,795,236	47%	3%
3	American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees	$66,986,218	77%	0%
4	National Assn of Realtors	$64,805,267	37%	39%
5	AT&T Inc	$59,456,031	41%	58%
6	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$48,593,414	90%	1%
7	Goldman Sachs	$47,497,295	52%	44%
8	American Assn for Justice	$45,216,290	85%	7%
9	Carpenters & Joiners Union	$45,093,750	67%	9%
10	United Auto Workers	$43,364,375	71%	0%
11	Laborers Union	$41,402,639	82%	7%
12	Service Employees International Union	$40,652,457	83%	2%
13	Communications Workers of America	$38,450,995	85%	0%
14	American Federation of Teachers	$38,050,160	91%	0%
15	AFL-CIO	$37,855,693	52%	2%
16	United Food & Commercial Workers Union	$37,473,121	82%	0%
17	Teamsters Union	$36,373,152	91%	5%
18	United Parcel Service	$34,216,308	35%	64%
19	Citigroup Inc	$33,910,357	48%	50%
20	National Auto Dealers Assn	$33,904,010	31%	68%
21	American Bankers Assn	$33,903,955	35%	63%
22	JPMorgan Chase & Co	$33,752,009	47%	51%
23	Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union	$33,235,197	98%	1%
24	EMILY's List	$33,004,994	99%	0%
25	Newsweb Corp	$32,536,871	31%	0%
26	Blue Cross/Blue Shield	$31,978,236	36%	63%
27	American Medical Assn	$31,805,912	39%	59%
28	National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$31,647,210	36%	63%
29	Microsoft Corp	$31,226,914	55%	44%
30	General Electric	$30,392,306	47%	52%
31	National Assn of Home Builders	$29,412,978	34%	65%
32	Lockheed Martin	$29,405,272	42%	57%
33	Bank of America	$28,758,273	40%	57%
34	Verizon Communications	$27,959,803	40%	59%
35	Plumbers & Pipefitters Union	$27,495,430	79%	4%
36	National Assn of Letter Carriers	$27,495,345	85%	9%
37	Morgan Stanley	$27,259,224	42%	56%
38	Deloitte LLP	$26,936,093	35%	63%
39	Credit Union National Assn	$26,036,705	47%	51%
40	Ernst & Young	$25,517,378	41%	57%
41	Operating Engineers Union	$25,029,507	82%	14%
42	Koch Industries	$24,725,058	6%	76%
43	International Assn of Fire Fighters	$24,605,570	79%	16%
44	American Hospital Assn	$24,399,366	52%	47%
45	PricewaterhouseCoopers	$24,088,411	35%	63%
46	Time Warner	$23,868,345	73%	25%
47	Sheet Metal Workers Union	$23,709,978	95%	2%
48	Boeing Co	$23,384,102	46%	53%
49	Comcast Corp	$23,377,002	56%	43%
50	American Dental Assn	$23,265,678	43%	54%
51	Honeywell International	$22,863,402	43%	55%
52	UBS AG	$22,831,420	40%	58%
53	Northrop Grumman	$22,155,638	42%	57%
54	Union Pacific Corp	$21,620,839	27%	72%
55	United Steelworkers	$21,390,007	80%	0%
56	Air Line Pilots Assn	$21,358,047	81%	17%
57	AFLAC Inc	$21,239,764	43%	56%
58	Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors	$20,897,224	41%	58%
59	Pfizer Inc	$20,797,610	35%	64%
60	National Rifle Assn	$20,546,357	16%	82%
61	Altria Group	$19,517,664	31%	68%
62	Raytheon Co	$19,352,358	43%	56%
63	Club for Growth	$19,130,053	0%	96%
64	New York Life Insurance	$18,982,629	49%	50%
65	American Postal Workers Union	$18,550,936	86%	2%
66	Ironworkers Union	$18,473,240	92%	5%
67	National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn	$18,433,715	46%	53%
68	United Transportation Union	$18,040,750	87%	11%
69	General Dynamics	$17,934,309	45%	53%
70	Credit Suisse Group	$17,931,593	41%	57%
71	Akin, Gump et al	$17,724,558	62%	37%
72	Chevron	$17,513,007	18%	61%
73	National Air Traffic Controllers Assn	$17,305,925	77%	21%
74	American Institute of CPAs	$17,297,929	40%	59%
75	National Cable & Telecommunications Assn	$17,223,710	47%	52%
76	Wal-Mart Stores	$16,931,991	32%	64%
77	Exxon Mobil	$16,573,994	13%	86%
78	FedEx Corp	$16,418,158	39%	60%
79	Anheuser-Busch	$16,183,913	47%	51%
80	KPMG LLP	$16,088,399	34%	64%
81	CSX Corp	$15,850,480	35%	64%
82	DLA Piper	$15,641,774	67%	31%
83	GlaxoSmithKline	$15,177,443	30%	69%
84	Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America	$15,072,096	34%	65%
85	Wells Fargo	$15,036,496	36%	62%
86	American Society of Anesthesiologists	$15,036,187	41%	58%
87	Merrill Lynch	$14,965,708	37%	62%
88	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	$14,939,195	39%	59%
89	Walt Disney Co	$14,870,626	68%	30%
90	American Health Care Assn	$14,759,600	51%	47%
91	University of California	$14,556,383	89%	9%
92	Associated Builders & Contractors	$14,456,632	1%	98%
93	American Crystal Sugar	$14,445,205	61%	38%
94	American Financial Group	$14,247,205	15%	73%
95	Prudential Financial	$14,091,293	49%	50%
96	Home Depot	$14,045,596	24%	71%
97	Southern Co	$14,022,861	28%	71%
98	WPP Group	$13,960,754	54%	45%
99	National Restaurant Assn	$13,314,945	16%	82%
100	MetLife Inc	$13,126,153	51%	48%
101	Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn	$13,085,023	39%	59%
102	American Optometric Assn	$13,074,858	57%	42%
103	Human Rights Campaign	$13,006,010	89%	8%
104	United Technologies	$12,891,614	45%	52%
105	News Corp	$12,861,418	59%	40%
106	American Academy of Ophthalmology	$12,721,708	49%	49%
107	National Assn of Broadcasters	$12,544,655	44%	55%
108	Eli Lilly & Co	$12,189,105	31%	67%
109	Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn	$12,168,200	77%	21%
110	Painters & Allied Trades Union	$12,144,080	85%	12%
111	General Motors	$12,141,849	39%	60%
112	Saban Capital Group	$12,075,072	87%	0%
113	Associated General Contractors	$11,777,907	13%	85%
114	Ford Motor Co	$11,686,454	39%	59%
115	Exelon Corp	$11,597,195	41%	57%
116	American Maritime Officers	$11,544,581	46%	53%
117	Independent Community Bankers of America	$11,435,685	42%	57%
118	Blackstone Group	$11,314,814	46%	51%
119	Amway/Alticor Inc	$11,191,113	0%	94%
120	Reynolds American	$11,130,613	25%	74%
121	Skadden, Arps et al	$11,122,789	77%	22%
122	UST Inc	$11,117,093	21%	78%
123	Seafarers International Union	$10,871,105	83%	16%
124	National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare	$10,816,998	82%	17%
125	American Physical Therapy Assn	$10,705,723	49%	50%
126	AIG	$10,650,830	49%	50%
127	American Airlines	$10,605,150	43%	56%
128	MBNA Corp	$10,485,363	16%	83%
129	American Trucking Assns	$10,435,042	27%	72%
130	Freddie Mac	$10,309,829	43%	55%
131	Transport Workers Union	$10,303,399	95%	4%
132	National Fedn of Independent Business	$10,250,191	6%	93%
133	Amalgamated Transit Union	$10,242,368	93%	5%
134	Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn	$10,054,188	43%	56%
135	Harvard University	$10,028,807	87%	12%
136	Greenberg Traurig LLP	$9,989,361	61%	37%
137	American Council of Life Insurers	$9,923,377	38%	61%
138	Lehman Brothers	$9,822,659	52%	46%
139	MGM Resorts International	$9,708,160	45%	50%
140	BellSouth Corp	$9,655,156	43%	56%
141	Archer Daniels Midland	$9,598,817	42%	57%
142	National Rural Letter Carriers Assn	$9,536,100	72%	27%
143	Fannie Mae	$9,161,460	53%	46%
144	Wachovia Corp	$8,678,914	30%	69%
145	National Cmte for an Effective Congress	$8,519,690	99%	0%
146	Interpublic Group	$8,483,110	65%	33%
147	Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn	$8,399,079	73%	25%
148	Bristol-Myers Squibb	$8,100,807	23%	75%
149	MCI Inc	$7,794,636	45%	54%
150	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp	$7,707,239	31%	67%
151	Bear Stearns	$7,384,173	55%	43%
152	BP	$7,174,613	30%	69%
153	Enron Corp	$6,694,443	28%	71%
154	Andersen	$6,495,970	37%	62%
155	Vivendi	$6,173,218	60%	33%

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Partisan tilt:

• 
  Solidly Democrat/Liberal
• 
  Leans Democrat/Liberal
• 
  Solidly Republican/Conservative
• 
  Leans Republican/Conservative
• 
  On the fence

Historical Profile

Archived Profile
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[2aguy]

For you Saigon...I have seen this type of table many times before....posted them in many places before...and I still don't care who donates how much to whom....as long as the groups are required to fully disclose their donations


Groups need to disclose where they send their money....but individuals should be allowed to stay secret...the democrats have started targeting private citizens for their political views and activity so they need to be protected....

 

[2aguy]

Heavy Hitters Top All-Time Donors 1989-2014 OpenSecrets

Notice something else as well, at the bottom of the list there is a color code for partisan leaning....all of the top 10 groups that donate....lean liberal, or are on the fence....not one is simply conservative....of the top 20 only 2 lean conservative...and it isn't even solidly conservative, they just lean that way....

 

[Stephanie]

All of the anti gunners bitch and moan about the NRA and how much they spend lobbying and donating to get their civil rights agenda protected....so....if the anti gunners are right....and the NRA is such a power house....where do they rank in all time political donations....top 10 right...? Wrong. Top 20...right? Wrong.

They are 60th in political donations....

58	Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors	$20,897,224	41%	58%
59	Pfizer Inc	$20,797,610	35%	64%
60	National Rifle Assn	$20,546,357	16%	82%
61	Altria Group	$19,517,664	31%	68%

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Heavy Hitters Top All-Time Donors 1989-2014 OpenSecrets

And if you look at the list in the next post....the NRA gives 16% of it's donations to democrats....far more than any union gives to the Republicans....and yet...the NRA is the problem....

Right......

yep, but you won't convince their brainwashed base of voters

harry Reid screams the Koch brothers and the next day we had ten threads on them by the Democrat cult members.