Why is it okay that Frannie Mae and Freddie Mac donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians, most of all John Kerry and Barack Obama?

Barack Obama received $120,000 last year according to this site (http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/09/update-fannie-mae-and-freddie.html). Why doesn’t this get coverage outside of Fox News?

Note: This question was flagged by the moderators for not meeting their editorial standards. I hope that, that standard is not that every question agrees with the moderators’ political views. I’m an Obama supporter, and I want to have an answer to this question when it’s posed to me by McCain supporters.