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Let's all start first off with the fact that John McCain has raised considerably more more from the oil industry ( $1.3 million ) than Barack Obama ( $394,000 ) has.
But since the DNC has put up a parody website slamming McCain and his ties to big oil, called ExxonMcCain 08, it is only fair to point out that Obama actually has gotten more cash from ExxonMobile employee's than McCain has.
Center for Responsive Politics
Tallying contributions by employees in the industry and their families, we found that Exxon, Chevron and BP have all contributed more money to Obama than to McCain.
Through June, Exxon employees have given Obama $42,100 to McCain's $35,166. Chevron favors Obama $35,157 to $28,500, and Obama edges out McCain with BP $16,046 vs. $11,500. McCain leads the money race with nearly every other top giver in the oil and gas industry, though -- Koch Industries, Valero, Marathon Oil, Occidental Petroleum, ConocoPhillips, the list goes on. McCain also has a big edge with Hess Corp. -- $91,000 to Obama's $8,000 -- which has gotten some attention. And, overall, McCain's campaign has gotten three times more money from the industry than Obama's has -- $1.3 million compared to about $394,000.
