A soccer team promoter gives money to then Democrat Ed Rendell and Republican State Senate Majority Leaders Dominic Pileggi.
Then the taxpayers put up 60 million dollars to build a soccer stadium in Chester.
That would be an example of “special interests.”
Sarah Palin was on the town council in Wasilla, Alaska 20 years ago when a fellow councilman proposed an ordinance to require trash collection.
The councilman making the proposal happened to own the local trash hauling company.
That’s a “special interest”
Then there’s the Merck pharmaceuctical concern, makers of Guardasil.
They gave a 6-thousand dollar contribution to Rick Perry’s 2006 campaign through a group called “Women In Politics.”
Then Perry turns around and mandates Guardasil for 11 and 12 year old girls in Texas allowing Merck to make a lot of money.
If gov't was not involved in such things, most of the "special interests" would dry up.
I think the Guardasil case has two sides to it and is not as cut-and-dry as some try to make it.
Perry does not have a repeat-record of such "special interest" things that you can point to, like you could with Bill Clinton or Obama.
I know that if we end up with Perry, that we are not getting everything we want in a candidate. However, he is closer to the ideal than many of the others in the primary (except Cain and Bachmann). Unless they break-out, I can be a realist and support Perry heartily.
I knew what we were getting with Bush43. His Texas record was far worse than Perry's and he was still a superior choice over Gore.
I simply do not approve of some on our side who take every opportunity to attack Perry in exactly the same manner liberals will (if he is our nominee).
It would be far more effective to point out that Cain would be far better for fixing the economy than Perry or that Bachmann would be far better at charting her own course than Perry.
Constant personal attacks on a candidate are not necessary.