A Blog Called Hope » Hess http://www.ridemocrats.org/blog The Democratic Party of Rhode Island Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Hess Stuffs $300,000 in McCain’s Oil-slick Pockets http://www.ridemocrats.org/blog/2008/08/05/hess-stuffs-300000-in-mccains-oil-slick-pockets/ http://www.ridemocrats.org/blog/2008/08/05/hess-stuffs-300000-in-mccains-oil-slick-pockets/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:24:26 +0000 ridemocrats http://www.ridemocrats.org/blog/?p=235 After McCain’s switch on offshore drilling, ten Hess executives dump money into McCain campaign

Here is the scoop from Talking Points Memo:

“Ten senior Hess Corporation executives and/or members of the Hess family each gave $28,500 to the joint RNC-McCain fundraising committee, just days after (Republican John) McCain reversed himself to favor offshore drilling, according to Federal Election Commission reports.”

Here is more from USA Today:

McCain and the Republican National Committee received a burst of oil money after that shift. The New York Times said “the largest collective response from a single company” — more than $300,000 — came from Hess. On its Caucus blog, the paper delves into “whopping” contributions from two people with apparently modest incomes.

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