[Politicalmom]

I’d have to look some up.

I do know it was a single, unpaid phone call in the Aristide case.

Ping to super-sleuth Ellery for more information.

Also, Hunter voted in support of Aristide’s government, I do believe.

[ellery]

I haven’t dug into the lobbying issue very much, since I don’t see much difference between lobbyists, lawyers and other professionals who represent clients with whom they may not agree. I have no doubt that if we looked into any lawyer-candidate’s background, we would find that he/she represented some pretty nasty characters. It’s just a non-issue to me.

However, I do consider it hypocritical for Hunter supporters to criticize Thompson’s apparently minor role related to Aristide. Hunter crossed party lines to vote for a bill aiming to protect Haitian refugees fleeing the military coup that overturned Aristide — this bill explicitly called Aristide’s government “democratically elected,” and punished anyone who was involved with overturning Aristide’s government by barring them from the US.