Big Oil
Big Oil is a term some use to describe the major petroleum companies such as ExxonMobil, ChevronTexxaco, British Petroleum and more. Democrats often attempt to position themselves against Big Oil despite accepting over $48,000,000 in donations from oil companies [1]. Republicans embrace Big Oil because they know that the companies define the very essence of capitalism -- success at business[2] while helping the American citizen. Without Big Oil, we would have no gasoline, heating oil or plastics.[3]
Environmentalism
Despite criticism from socialist liberals who wish to abolish the use of gasoline[4][5], Big Oil has an exceptional environmental track record, often repairing mistakes quickly before they can become disasters.[6] Big Oil has also proven valuable in funding independant scientists[7] who are able to dispute the propaganda behind Global Warming without worrying about losing their government or academic funding due to liberal reprisals.