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The Audacity of Hype Part II

Posted by Eye Doc On July - 30 - 2008

 

Captain Ed tells us that while Barack Obama claims that he does not take money from lobbyists or PACs it’s simply  not true.

 

Last month, Barack Obama announced that “my party” would not take donations from federally-registered lobbyists or their PACs.  Somehow, that news failed to make it to his own campaign.  Roll Call took a peek at lobbying disclosures for the first half of 2008, and discovered $15,000 of donations from dozens of lobbyists:

 

Why am I not surprised that Obama has been caught lying again?

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