With how much Southwest sucks and how much Jet Blue rocks, is this the only thing the CEOs agree upon?

but Choicepoint was key in the wrongful striking of many thousands of eligible black voters as "felons" in Florida and New Mexico.

check out Greg Palast's work for more of that...

In a way it's almost a good thing that data was stolen, as it finally has come out in the air just how much power that company has under their own autonomy.

I wish I could see them donating to Lieberman surprises me.

-C.

Evidently, you're trying to single out Joe as an outstanding corporate whore. But, so far, you've proved squat.

For a start, how do other Dem senators match up when it comes to CEO donations?

My sense would be that 73 wasn't that many! Especially because, as you admit yourself,

and some of them are probably small companies.

What about PACs whose donations they influence?

Of course, the Dems do have a deep bench of corporatists in the Senate. If Joe's tally of corporate-linked contributions, on a fair basis of comparison, was towards the middle of the pack, I'd not be surprised.

(I'd also curious about how lefty blog faves measure up - Russ and Babs, for instance?)

But let's have some decent stats on the subject!

I have no brief for Lieberman: but, for lack of evidence and analysis, Matt's effort does seem perilously close to a bullshit hit-piece.

Wasn't Choicepoint the company chosen by Katherine Harris to purge tens of thousands of Democratic voters from the voter rolls in Florida, leading to Gore/Lieberman's defeat?

Why would Lieberman take a PENNY from them?

I live in a very Republican district in GA near Choicepoint.  Just for fun I entered my zip code on open source to see who else might support democrats.  One Choicepoint exec that lives(d) nearby heavily supports democrats.  {His house recently sold}   Florida was a fiasco but they might have been working within the parameters that they were given.

According to Opensecrets.org, in the 2002-2006 election cycles, so far, CEO Derek Smith has given

Joe Lieberman 2,100
Lindsey Graham 1,000
Saxby Chambliss 1,000
Voice for Freedom 1,000
Max Cleland 1,000
Orrin Hatch 2,000
Bob Bennett 1,000
David Scott 1,000

For COO and President Douglas Curling:
Joe Lieberman 2,100
John Barrow 3,900
Tom Price 2,000
Mark Pryor 2,000
John Kerry 2,000
Max Cleland 1,000
Denise Majette 2,000
Saxby Chambliss 500
John Lewis 500
Democratic Senatorial Campaign 30,700
Georgia Federal Elections Committee 10,000
Hilary Clinton 2,100
Orrin Hatch 3,300
Tom Daschele 1,000
David Scott 2,009
Bob Bennett 1,500
Forward Together PAC 1,000
DNC Services Corp 21,000

Scott is the local Democratic Congressman for Choicepoint.  Barrow and Lewis are other Georgia Democratic Congressmen.  Denise Majette is the Democrat who defeated that nut Cynthia McKinney in a Congressional primary, before giving up that seat in a failed challenge for the Senate.  Price is a Georgia Republican.  Forward Together is a PAC associated with Mark Warner.  I can't find anything on Voice for Freedom.

Chris, did you also notice that Ned Lamont has his hands bloodied by his ties to Halliburton?? But you probably just seemed to overlook that little point right??

Check out another company executive that gave Joe money.

Robert Belfer - Belco Oil and Gas

Who, you say, is Robert Belfer and what is Belco Oil and Gas.  Robert Belfer is the president of Belco and longtime member of Enron's Board of Directors.

Here's the link to a story about Enron and Belco from the "left-wing" Wall Street Journal.

http://bodurtha.georgetown.edu/enron/Enr on%20Director's%20Firm%20Supplied%20Capi tal%20to%20Fund%20JEDI%20Partnership.htm

He gave $4,200 and his wife, son and daughter-in-law gave another $4,000 total.