NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. Paying for Politics: What Oil Buys | PBS

I continue to be amazed at how quickly Republican pundits seem aghast and offended or even “amused” by the suggestions that oil interests hold sway over politics. Do they actually believe that the GOP is NOT? Even when it is glaringly obvious that much of the Bush administration, especially the Royal Bush family itself (Royal is INDEED an intended link , visa vi The Saudi Royal Family) with such longstanding involvement in the oil business and with the Saudi Royals).

The report POLITICS OF OIL, released on July 15, 2004, is an international investigation of one of the world’s richest industries and how it influences government and public policy around the world.
The Center found that the industry has spent more than $440 million over the past six years on politicians, political parties, and lobbyists to protect its interests in Washington. The Center also lists among its key findings:
The industry has given more than $67 million in campaign contributions in federal elections since the 1998 election cycle, about a fifth of the amount it has spent on lobbying.
U.S.-based oil and gas companies have nearly 900 subsidiaries located in tax haven countries, such as the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.
Oil and gas companies overwhelmingly favored Republicans over Democrats in their campaign giving, the study found. Just over 73 percent of the industry’s campaign contributions have gone to Republican candidates and organizations in 2004.