Who is giving to Roger Wicker?

Saturday's Sun Herald article on the state of the fundraising race between Ronnie Musgrove and Roger Wicker contained some valuable information. Campaign fundraising reports are filed regularly which makes all of this information available to the public. Digging through these reports can be tiresome, but also very revealing. Previously, we have looked at Roger Wicker's monetary advantage by focusing on the different industry sectors that are his top contributors, namely medical, legal, insurance, banking and oil.

I was going to post all of the PAC's that have contributed to the Roger Wicker campaign. I was at least until I realized that the list took up 28 pages in Microsoft Word. My computer was locked up for about a minute trying to format all of the content into Word. Maybe it would just be better to point out some of my personal favorites out of the mountain of data.

AT&T INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T FEDERAL PAC) - $7,000
(you know the guys who wanted immunity for illegally wiretapping our phones, which Wicker supported)

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC) - $3,500
(Drill, drill, drill)

HALLIBURTON COMPANY PAC - $1,500
(another no bid contract please)

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FANNIE MAE PAC) - $5,000
(please don't regulate us, we won't screw up again...)

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $4,556
(what fannie mae said...)

COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; THE - $5,000
(We are getting nervous about not being able to rip off Americans for health care anymore, along with our friends at the AMA and Big Pharma)

MARATHON OIL COMPANY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MEPAC) - $5,000
(drill baby drill)

MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) - $3,500
(We are more scared than the insurance companies. Where else can you can get a six figure job for being a C student in college?)

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, THE - $2,000
(Can we have that back? We just lost our shirts in worthless paper and need a bailout.)

PFIZER INC. PAC - $1,500
(please save us from cheap drugs and affordable health care, we are making a killing...)

I could go on for days, and probably will. I am having the best time looking up all of these committees to see who they give money to and how much money they raise. I saved the best for last.

Rove, Karl - $2,300
(sleazeball/hitman political consultant)