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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Tiny little discrepancies 

While defending 'evil hedge funds' from a socialist acquaintance, I chanced to look up the political donation trends for hedgies and found this hilarious juxtaposition.

First up, the NYT of course:
While hedge fund money appears to be tilting toward Democrats of late, Republican donors like Julian H. Robertson Jr., the founder of Tiger Management, who has given more than $700,000 over the last three cycles, and Bruce Kovner at Caxton Associates have backed their party’s candidates and causes.


Next, Open Secrets, adding up a clear a 2:1 advantage that has persisted for almost ten years.

Yes indeed, it's "tilting towards Democrats of late". What could dispose an industry to donate overwhelmingly to their demonizers? Hmmm....

3 Comments:

By Blogger TigerHawk, at Sat Nov 01, 03:29:00 PM:

Maybe they all have liberal wives.  

By Blogger Georg Felis, at Sun Nov 02, 02:12:00 AM:

Danegeld, in the forlorn hope that the tiger will eat them last. (Churchill reference)  

By Anonymous Anonymous, at Sun Nov 02, 10:55:00 AM:

They are all investing in "futures".

They are "hedge" funds, afterall.

-David  

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