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With a little digging, environmental groups found that Lincoln received more money from Big Oil than any of her colleagues -- $286,400 for 2009-2010, over $40,000 more than the next highest recipient, Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, and he represents ground zero of the drill, baby, drill crowd. At a briefing Tuesday, which was Election Day, to unveil a poll on changing attitudes toward energy reform in the wake of the spill, a reporter asked Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters, why Lincoln was such a favorite of the oil companies. Could there be vast undiscovered reserves of oil in Arkansas? His answer: "She's been voting their way." A sure vote from a senator without a direct interest in oil is a prized commodity for an industry under siege.Sen. Lincoln is just one side of party politics. She was elected without serious thought about the November elections. It was a mistake for the Democratic Party to support Lincoln. Boozeman is my choice in November. I would vote for anyone other than Lincoln. She is a nice woman but is a mill stone around the necks of Arkansas voters. In my opinion there will be a landslide for Boozeman as most of those who voted against Lincoln will now vote for Boozman as being the only way to keep Lincoln from going back to Congress. Don't believe it? Take a poll of those who voted against Lincoln.
June 11 2010 at 5:28 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyOne can assume, given Blanche's populist anti-Wall Street derivatives legislation, that she receives no campaign funding from that sector of the economy. Had Wall Street, rather than oil, contributed big bucks to her campaign would she have opposed
derivatives legislation? It seems counter intuitive that Arkansans believed Lincoln's opponent, Lt Governor Halter, was a pawn of environmentalists and other progressive groups but Lincoln was not a pawn of big oil. Populist politics once again trounce public priorities.
big oil blanche is like our texas bigoil policitians all they care about is there pocket books she acted like our unions were the bad guys when she,s in bed , with bp ,walmarts, and big corporations, why wou;d arkansas voters vote against there own interests universal coverage for poor people arkansasis one of the lowest paying states in the coluntry , why would slick wilie want big oil blanche lincoln as senator fromark. hemust have gotten some big bucks to to sell out unions the white house hasd alot of explaining top do to us sobs who voted for them dont think obama will repeat in 2012 , let sarah palin start another war with iran , doesnt matter what we say they always cut us a new a@@hole
June 11 2010 at 5:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust 1 more reason we need a 3rd party candidate
June 11 2010 at 11:39 AM Report abuse Permalink +5 rate up rate down ReplyCongratulations Ms Lincoln from a conservative and resident of the real Land of Lincoln! By November, more information will be disclosed about 'who got what from whom' making good choices even clearer. By the way - Palin Rocks!
June 10 2010 at 3:45 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyPoor Blanch all that excitment to lose in November. I guess she will be able to say she came in Second.
June 10 2010 at 2:07 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down ReplySo lets rip on Lincoln for taking BP money but it is OK for Obama to take 900K from BP. Looks to me by the way he has handled the oil spill that HE is the one in bed with Big Oil.
June 10 2010 at 12:24 PM Report abuse Permalink +17 rate up rate down ReplyI don't think Lincoln will prevail in November. I am glad that she beat back the unions, though, but it might have something to do with closing the polling places in the Halter strongholds. Unions must be reined in. They demand more and more and many find their faces turning red as they make their demands. Now, the POTUS wants the taxpayers to pony up and bail out some of their pension funds, funds they used to elect Obama. This is totally out of whack. Why would my money be taken from me to pay back the supporters of someone I never voted for. With a nod from the administration, some unions, SEIU comes to mind, have taken to the streets and conduct mob activities to intimidate citizens. Good for you Blanche, and good for the people of Arkansas, for making a statement. Wait until Obama gets his "Organizing for America" troops pumped up. You will not recognize your communties.
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