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The entertainment industry is doing its part to get President Obama re-elected, according to a new report from the Center for Responsive Politics, as media-related donations account for $2.53 million, or 6.5%, of the campaign’s contributions through June, and the Los Angeles metro area — home to Hollywood — is tops nationwide in support, with residents donating $5.18 million (followed by New York City at $5.12 million.) According to the CRP’s OpenSecrets blog, top donors include the employees of Comcast, CAA, DreamWorks and Disney, who all participated in those big fund-raisers in Los Angeles that cost $35,800 to attend ($5,000 goes to the Obama campaign, the rest to the Democratic National Committee) but cost the rest of us traffic headaches in Century City.
Comcast, based in Philadelphia but owners of NBCUniversal, lead all companies in all sectors in employee donations with $199,850; Comcast VP David Cohen and CEO Brian Roberts have hosted Obama events recently, the latter at Roberts’ Martha’s Vineyard summer home last week. CAA is fifth overall at $111,900, DreamWorks is eighth at $107,400 and Sony is 11th at $95,900. Disney employees are 15th, Time Warner 16th, News Corp 19th and the City of Los Angeles is 20th. In all, Obama raised $39 million during the first six months of 2011.
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Has a film studio ever appointed a president who had only two years experience working with Film Studios? Maybe that explains why these executives supported a man who had only two years experience in the Senate.
This country deserved someone with more experience. We are now paying the price.
No one can claim that they are “qualified” or have “experience” to be the President of the United States. George W. Bush was governor of Texas for five years before becoming President, and it’s pretty safe to say that he was not one of this nation’s better leaders.
What we’re paying the price for is for decades of stupid decisions by hundreds of politicians, in Congress and the White House, Democrats and Republicans. Don’t try to lump all of the country’s problems on to one person that’s been in office for 2 1/2 years.
AGREED! AGREED!
Nice to see someone else with at least an ounce of sanity frequenting this website.
I think Barack Obama is the last great, or even good, president this country will ever have. Some people have a hard time seeing that now, just as they were saying that “there’s no difference between Gore and Bush” back before the 2000 election, and look where that left us. I commend everyone who is supporting Obama.
No one doubts that Obama is a great and admirable man. His personal story is very inspiring.
And if had been a senator or governor for a few more years, then he would have been better prepared to be president.
Hollywood understands the need for development. Why not expect depth of experience from a President?
Are you kidding? Just this week a video was released showing candidate Obama calling President Bush ‘unpatriotic’ for raising the debt limit. How you, or the Hollywood bigwigs, can find solace in that is stupefying.
Are you kidding or alone on a deserted island without access to any form of news media?
If it’s the latter — I’ll send help.
If it’s neither — you NEED help.
Ridiculous. What has been “great”, or even good, about his tenure?
Great for the free loaders, that is why they want him back, not to work, but give give give me.
AWESOME! 4 trillion added to the deficit in 3 years and double digit unemployment to show for it!
Good to see the studios backing a president trying to flush our economy down the toilet.
Can Obama at least give some of that “bail out” that went to the bonuses for failed bank CEOs to the studio system?
~Hillary Clinton in 12′ PLEASE!~
Im an independent, you know part of the 20% of the US population who actually decides elections with the cancelled out 40/40 split of idealogues?
Democrat or not I can’t see any rational human considering this presidents first three years in office anything but a complete failure. What can you possibly point to that he has done well?
He has done all the same horrible things that failure Bush has only he does them BIGGER. It makes my head hurt when I try to logically understand his supporters who hated Bush so much actually thinking he’s any different.
Bush spent record amounts, Obama has spent more, Bush took us to war, Obama took us to more wars, Bush let congress deregulate housing, Obama is now considering taking it a step further and turning those fraudulent mortages into goverment rentals.
You idealgues on both sides scare the hell out of me.
I’ll give you 3 guesses to decide who a rationale american like me is voting for, hint: RP
Couldn’t agree with you more and I voted for the guy.
It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when the only thing anyone has in defense of Obama after three years in office is “It’s Bush’s fault.”
Very sad. I was duped. My grand-kids are going to pay the price for my vote. Makes he sick.
Voted for Obama…first time EVER for a Democrat. What happened to ‘a transparent’ government and the hopes for a better bipartisan government focused on the people who put these folks in office?
Obama had two years with complete control of all three branches of government…and, what does he have to show for it…a health bill which no one understands. And for the record, during this time…my health insurance premiums have doubled with no claims at all. Let me repeat that…DOUBLED in roughly 24 months.
Obama has made more back door, closed deals than any president. He is way above his pay grade in skills to be president, and he has totally failed at keeping his campaign promises.
He may be a wonderful person, but he has been a big disappointment to the rainbow coalition who elected him, and for many Americans in general.
The bigger problem is…what are the alternatives?
So you decide huh?
Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama.
You independents seem like a rudderless boat floating with the current.
God i hope you mean Ron Paul…. I will never understand anyone who would even consider voting for Rick Perry or Michelle Bachman.. I will vote for Obama or Ron Paul.. the rest disgust me.
Obama’s a grownup, and he’s sane. These days, those are two rare and valuable qualifications for any politician.
Limousine liberals supporting Obama by day and begging for tax credits for their films by night.
Little lemmings, all of them…
I don’t think any amount of money can persuade Americans there is need of a sequel for this flop.
Consider the alternative. Obama should get 4 more years.
Hollywood is big business and filled with millionaires and multimillionaires. Why are their donations less questionable than corporations. And if Hollywood can donate so much to Obama’s campaign why not tap the Hollywood types to help pay off the deficit. The man is a great theorist but offers no practical way to make his theories a reality. People cannot eat rhetoric, or hope, or change. And it won’t put a roof over anyone’s head. We need a real leader and not a blamer and excuse maker.
Bachman, Perry, Romney, Gingrich…. no thank you… i’ll vote for the only one i respect.. Obama 2012.
Spoken like someone who benefits from one of the MANY sweetheart healthcare exemptions handed out like free candy to the fat kids of Union supporters.