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Plus Ça Change (5.00 / 2) (#1)
by facta non verba on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 01:42:21 AM EST
Obama's deception on money from oil companies and lobbyists.

http://www.bythefault.com

I tried using the link function but it didn't work. It is the top story.

Thank you (none / 0) (#33)
by BostonIndependent on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 08:16:32 AM EST
That article is very clearly written, and further highlights an important and troubling fact re. Obama and the SD's (besides dis-enfranchising MI, FL voters). The Globe ran a similar article and  others have written about Hope Fund vs. HILLPAC spending on SD's campaigns. I'm personally somewhat troubled by this. Obama's spending highlights how he has actually been the more cyncical and calculating politician playing the system than Hillary but in principle, both of them are at fault. Is there anything we can do to clean this part of the system and disallow one candidate from funding another? In my mind, why are campaign warchests any different from corporations? Or am I missing the boat here?

Update: I just spent some time on Open Secrets which is a wonderful site, and was struck by the fact that Obama's PAC has spent 300K$ on 2008 Dem candidates and Hillary 0$. Interestingly the latter's  expenditures have been on wages (providing jobs), while Obama's has been.. well.. on incumbents. Draw your own conclusions about hope and change. The correlation between this sort of PAC spending and super delegate endorsements is also striking. Is it just me that finds this weird and off-putting?

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Obama is the energy trojan horse.. that (none / 0) (#38)
by MarkL on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 09:07:03 AM EST
is the main point of his candidacy, I think.
He is by far the worst out of Edwards, Hillary and Obama.

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