Obama's Presidential of Freedom recipients....all about the Benjamins (that means money)

[2aguy]

Yep.......all of the recipients of obama's Presidential medal of Freedom awards...donated heavily to his campaigns.......compared to President Bush....

Difference Between Obama vs. Bush’s Medal of Freedom Recipients SPEAKS VOLUMES

Obama spoke to the nation about the people he has chosen to honor: “Everyone on this stage has touched me in a powerful personal way. These are folks who have helped make me who I am and think about my presidency.”

That “personal” touch has apparently included big Obama/Democrat donations, according to the Federal Election Commission. IJR compiled a list of the donations given by President Obama’s Medal of Freedom recipients and former President Bush’s. See if you can spot the difference:

Obama

• Ellen DeGeneres: Donated $35,800 in 2012 to the Obama Victory Fund and $100,000 in 2016 to the Hillary Victory Fund.
  
  
• Robert De Niro: Donated $10,000 to the Obama Victory Fund and $2,500 to Obama’s general election campaign in 2012.
  
  
• Tom Hanks: Donated $2,300 to Obama’s election campaign in 2008, $2,500 in 2012, and $2,700 to Hillary’s primary campaign in 2016.
  
  
• Michael Jordan: Threw a $3 million fundraiser, for $20,000 per person during Obama’s 2012 campaign.
  
  
• Lorne Michaels: Donated $4,600 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2008.
  
  
• Bruce Springsteen: Donated $13,200 to Democratic committees such as Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Russ Feingold (D., Wis.)
  
  
• Robert Redford: Endorsed Obama in 2012 and fundraised for Feingold (D., Wis.) in 2016.
  
  
• Bill Gates: Donated $17,900 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2012 and $50,000 to Obama’s inauguration in 2009 along with Melinda Gates.
  
  
• Melinda Gates: Donated $35,800 to the joint fundraising committee and $5,000 to Obama’s 2012 primary and general election campaigns.
  
  
• Frank Gehry: Donated $4,600 to Obama’s campaign in 2008, $80,000 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2012, and $60,000 to the Hillary Victory Fund.
  
  
• Newt Minow: Donated $7,500 to committees supporting Obama in the early 2000s.

Bush

• Aretha Franklin- Donated $1,000 to a democratic senator in 1997.
  
  
• Estée Lauder: Donated $25,000 to Citizens for Club Growth Inc. in 2002.
  
  
  Carol Burnett: Donated $3,500 to the DCCC and DNC within the last few years.
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• Bill Cosby: $1,000 to democratic senator in 2004.
  
  
• Andy Griffith: Donated $1,000 to John Kerry for President Fund in 2004.
  
  
• Arnold Palmer: Donated $1,000 to Bush for President Fund in 2000.

Gee, that “personal” touch sure looks like a lot of money funneled to Obama and the Dems, doesn’t it? As Bush’s list showed, that isn’t necessarily par for the course either.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Nobody should be surprised that good people, the type who could one day qualify for Presidential Medals of Freedom, vote on the side of good.

 

[2aguy]

Nobody should be surprised that good people, the type who could one day qualify for Presidential Medals of Freedom, vote on the side of good.

They sure do give a lot of money to democrats....I am sure that had nothing to do with it......

moron.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Nobody should be surprised that good people, the type who could one day qualify for Presidential Medals of Freedom, vote on the side of good.

They sure do give a lot of money to democrats....I am sure that had nothing to do with it......

moron.

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