All data from Open Secrets:
What happened to Sidley Austin LLP? Employees (almost all attorneys) donated $189,832 from 3/17/07 to 5/30/08. Since then, nothing. Perhaps, though, they had just maxed out?
What about Samir G. of Sidley Austin LLP? He donated 8 times to Obama. All on March 26th, 2008. Totalling $2,600.00. And then there’s the other oddity – on the same date, Obama sent back to G. $1,400.00.
He also donated 5 times on March 25th, 2008. That day he got back $200.00, so his net to Obama was $1,700.00. Between March 25th and 26th, that works out to $2,900.00. Couldn’t he have just written one check for that amount? Kind of a hassle to donate 13 times in two days, isn’t it? Was his leg tingling more intensely the more he gave? Is donating to Obama kinda like smoking crack? Or did he just forget that he’d already donated that day?
Lawrence K. of Sidley Austin LLP was also a generous donor – donating 8 times totaling $5,050.00. But don’t worry about any campaign finance violations here – I don’t think you’re allowed to give that much to a candidate, but as Obama sent back $1,250.00, we’re golden.
James D. of Sidley Austin LLP was a bit less generous – donating 6 times for a total of $2,800.00. Obama sent him back $500.00. But to make up for this lack of audacious hope on the part of Mr. D. there is Mrs D., who donated 6 times for a total of $2,700.00. Obama sent her back $200.00. That works out to $4,800.00 from the Ds.
Anyone besides me find anything odd about the employees of a Chicago law firm recently forced to shell out $27.5 million in an EEOC case being so wierdly generous with a Chicago politician who may be the next President of the United States?
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