From January 2007 through March of this year, service members or civilian employees of the military donated at least $766,000 to presidential candidates... The analysis included donations of at least $200...
[Staunchly anti-war candidate Ron] Paul... received the most military contributions, with $201,271. That’s significantly more than the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain from Arizona, who received $132,133 from military donors... Obama, meanwhile..., has received $178,456 in military contributions, compared to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s $85,000, the analysis shows... [Read the rest.]
What do these military folks know that most civilian folks don't know (or don't want to know)? It's too bad that any of these military donors believe that either of the democratic candidates will end the war, because they won't. They have made too many promises to the powerful, pro-war, corporate and media elites who have put them where they are today.
