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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: epicure who wrote (66002)5/16/2008 4:03:14 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 543675
 
>>"The executive director of an Illinois ethics watchdog group calls it politics as usual. "Did he get contributions from those companies down the line? Yeah. That story's been told a million times in American politics, and it will be told a million times more," said Jay Stewart of the Illinois-based Better Government Association. "I don't think Obama's any different."<<

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I'd be more concerned if Obama had received contributions from those companies before he did something to help them. That would present the appearance of a quid pro quo arrangement, or of influence peddling.

- Allen
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