Liberty Maven

Reuters released an article (on their political blog) today asserting that Barack Obama is getting the most money from American troops (and military). They even mention Ron Paul.

According to a study released by the Washington watchdog group Center for Responsive Politics, U.S. troops, and especially those deployed abroad, are talking with their wallets and saying they want Democrat Obama as the next president.

Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than McCain and the “fiercely anti-war Ron Paul,” another Republican presidential candidate, CRP said.

According to the group, Obama received $60,642 in contributions from 134 troops deployed abroad. McCain only got $10,665 from 26 soldiers, while Paul received $45,512 from 99 troops.

Through June 31, CRP said contributions from all U.S. military personnel netted Obama $335,536, compared with $280,513 for McCain.

Ron Paul dropped out of the race officially in mid-June. The few months prior to that he hardly campaigned anywhere since John McCain attained enough delegates to be the GOP nominee. The study neglects to mention that Ron Paul received donations during a period when he wasn’t even campaigning yet he still managed to be only $15K shy of Barack Obama. It is also interesting that they neglected to mention the total sum of military donations for Ron Paul while mentioning the amounts for Obama and McCain.

I suppose the intent of the article was to use Ron Paul (yet again) as a baseball bat to beat up McCain in favor of Obama. The media’s love affair for Obama continues.