NASCAR Patches Poster
“If presidential candidates are representing special interest groups,
maybe they should be like NASCAR with the little patches on the back”
Tom Dobbs, Man of the Year (2006)
I liked the first 30 minutes of this movie, but this line got stuck with me for a long time. So I made a poster to match the line. It took me almost a month to compile this poster.
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This is a great poster but can you tell me who the sponsors are on the lapel of Ron’s jacket? They’re too small to read but I’d still like to know… If you know the dollar amounts that would be appreciated too. Cheer
Comment by Jeff — February 28, 2008 @ 10:25 pm
Jeff,
The top sponsors by the end of Q3 were:
Google Inc $22250.
US Army $21018.
US Navy $14105.
Microsoft Corp $12863.
Huffines Communities $11850.
US Air Force $10950.
Cisco Systems $8900.
Verizon Communications $8351.
Ford Motor Co $7650.
General Dynamics $7100.
US Postal Service $6961.
Andres Properties $6900.
Welcom Products $6750.
US Dept of Defense $5900.
Apple Inc $5560.
General Motors $5451.
Deutsche Bank AG $5400.
Verax Chemical $5244.
Raytheon Co $4964.
Robbins Design Services $4819.
I’m sorry it turned out so difficult to see on the poster. I stated by making all top donors visible, but had to scale down by the time I got to Hillary - since the fonts are proportional in size I would have no room for some top contributions for democrats –
The new numbers are even more dramatic: http://opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.asp?id=N00005906&cycle=2008
I might be able to make a new poster - but I’m a bit burned out now.
Comment by admin — February 29, 2008 @ 10:24 am