Found that list!

[emmagrant01]

Be aware which corporations helped re-elect Bush. Vote with your pocketbook this holiday season. With the holidays upon us, some of us might wish to be mindful of who we patronize relative to their political donations, as reported by the Center for Responsive Politics.



Shopping?

Price Club/Costco donated $225K, of which 99% went to democrats
WalMart/Sam's Wholesale, $467K, 97% to republicans
K-Mart, $524K, 86% to republicans
Home Depot, $298K, 89% to republicans
Target, $226K, 70% to republicans
Circuit City Stores, $261K, 95% to republicans
Rite Aid, $517K, 60% to democrats
Magla Products (Stanley tools, Mr. Clean), $22K, 100% to democrats
3M Co., $281K, 87% to republicans
Hallmark Cards, $319K, 92% to republicans
Amway, $391K, 100% republican
Kohler Co. (plumbing fixtures), $283K, 100% republicans
Warnaco (undergarments), $55K, 73% to democrats
B.F. Goodrich (tires), $215K, 97% to republicans
Proctor & Gamble, $243K, 79% to republicans
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, $153K, 99% to democrats
Estee Lauder, $448K, 95% to democrats
Guess ? Inc., $145K, 98% to democrats
Calvin Klein, $78K, 100% to democrats
Liz Claiborne, Inc., $34K, 97% to democrats
Levi Straus, $26K, 97% to democrats
Olan Mills, $175K, 99% to democrats

Spirits?

Coors, $174K, 92% to republicans; (also Budweiser - sd)
Gallo Winery, $337K, 95% to democrats
Brown-Forman Corp. (Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels, Bushmills, Korbel wines - as well as Lennox China, Dansk, Gorham Silver), $644, 80% to republicans
Southern Wine & Spirits, $213K, 73% to democrats
Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons (includes beverage business, plus considerable media interests), $2M+, 67% democrats.

Hungry?

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (chicken), $366K, 100% republican
Outback Steakhouse, $641K, 95% republican
Sonic Corporation, $83K, 98% democrat
Tricon Global Restaurants (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell), $133K, 87% republican
Brinker International (Maggiano's, Brinker Cafe, Chili's, On the Border, Macaroni Grill, Crazymel's, Corner Baker, EatZis), $242K, 83% republican
Triarc Companies (Arby's, T.J. Cinnamon's, Pasta Connections),>$112K, 96% democrats
Waffle House, $279K, 100% republican
McDonald's Corp., $197K, 86% republican
Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones, Bahama Breeze), $121K, 89% republican

Traveling?

Hyatt Corporation, $187K, 80% to democrats
Mariott International, $323K, 81% to republicans
Holiday Inns, $38K, 71% to republicans.

Comments

[batagur.livejournal.com]

Amazon.com- republicans

Barnes and Nobles- democrats

Borders Books and Music- democrats

[phaballa.livejournal.com]

I will preface this by saying that I'm a very very liberal democrat and I actually wish we were socialist. However...

The problem I have with boycotting businesses is that it doesn't really hurt the corporation very much, if at all. Who it does hurt are all the people who work at those corportations and depend on that income to live. Boycotts on a small level like this don't work because corportations can afford to lose money, but their employees can't. It's interesting to see which corps donated to what party, but even so, boycotts just hurt the working poor, not the corporations.

[blythely.livejournal.com]

That icon is so bloody brilliant. :-)

[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to figure out if my company, J&J, were listed anywhere. I honestly don't know where they'd fall.

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

The trouble with this list is that it's too simplistic about where the money goes...because there are more republicans in power, more money will go to them, because companies donate to people who are already in a position to get things done. So companies like Amazon, with a fairly even percentage (it's 61% to Republicans) are frequently dealing with issues rather than people. On the other hand, companies like WalMart are just evil, and should be boycotted to destruction. ;)

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Yayyy! Now I can buy Republican!

*thinks happily of small fortune spent over the years at Amazon*

[shezan.livejournal.com]

And a sociological comment: at first glance, basic food is Republican, trendy clothes are Democrat...

[belleweather.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Now all I have to remember to do is write nasty letters to republican-dontaing corporations letting them know that I won't be shopping there anymore. :) Thank god for mad mail-merging skillz. I knew they would be good for something other than futile attempts to get a job. :)