Posted on 09/14/2008 9:58:26 AM PDT by JavaJumpy
Good article, link only
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/08/09/pacs_and_lobbyists_aided_obamas_rise/
"He probably will be hurt if he's put in a position where he's trying to draw very fine distinctions between his present campaign and his past behavior," Squire said.
Pinging STEVE SCHMIDT and the McCain TEAM!!
Thank you - I was having issues getting the information up. Any additional help appreciated - I couldn’t even copy and paste one sentence of it. I see we are allowed 100 word excerpts from the Boston Globe.
The Boston Globe actually printed this article. Someone at the Boston Globe is going to be unemployed soon.
You have to remember that this was back when Hillary was running aginst Obama, and there was a lot of pro-Hillary sentiment at the NY Times and Boston Globe.
They wouldn’t dare print anything like that today.
You have to remember that this was back when Hillary was running aginst Obama, and there was a lot of pro-Hillary sentiment at the NY Times and Boston Globe.
They wouldn’t dare print anything like that today.
Using campaign appearances, e-mails to supporters, and Iowa TV ads, Illinois Senator Barack Obama has repeatedly reminded voters that his presidential campaign does not accept contributions from lobbyists or political action committees, casting his decision as a noble departure from the ways of Washington.
He hit the theme hard again in Tuesday's Democratic debate in Chicago as he sought to capitalize on rival Hillary Clinton's remark last weekend that taking lobbyists' cash is acceptable because they "represent real Americans."
"The people in this stadium need to know who we're going to fight for," Obama said at Soldier Field. "The reason that I'm running for president is because of you, not because of folks who are writing big checks, and that's a clear message that has to be sent, I think, by every candidate."
But behind Obama's campaign rhetoric about taking on special interests lies a more complicated truth. A Globe review of Obama's campaign finance records shows that he collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from lobbyists and PACs as a state legislator in Illinois, a US senator, and a presidential aspirant.
In Obama's eight years in the Illinois Senate, from 1996 to 2004, almost two-thirds of the money he raised for his campaigns -- $296,000 of $461,000 -- came from PACs, corporate contributions, or unions, according to Illinois Board of Elections records. He tapped financial services firms, real estate developers, healthcare providers, oil companies, and many other corporate interests, the records show.
Obama's US Senate campaign committee, starting with his successful run in 2004, has collected $128,000 from lobbyists and $1.3 million from PACs, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit organization that tracks money in politics. His $1.3 million from PACs represents 8 percent of what he has raised overall. Clinton's Senate committee, by comparison, has raised $3 million from PACs, 4 percent of her total amount raised, the group said.
More at link.
“You have to remember that this was back when Hillary was running aginst Obama, and there was a lot of pro-Hillary sentiment at the NY Times and Boston Globe.
They wouldn’t dare print anything like that today.”
Why is why I always try to dig up the older articles - or go to PUMA websites!
Do like what recently happened to United Air Lines. Print an old article and make people believe it is today’s news and Barry’s “stock” will go down!
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