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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (339)	1/29/2004 10:59:07 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Here is the GOP establishment: RNC-Enron Inc. Embedded Lobbyist: New GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie Carries Corporate Loyalties Posted on 07-29-2003 10:34 AM EDT President Bush’s decision to name lobbyist Ed Gillespie as chairman of the Republican National Committee gives one of Washington’s prominent power-brokers unrivaled access, influence and opportunity to further the interests of his corporate benefactors. A Public Citizen analysis of federal disclosure records shows that Gillespie’s lobbying firm raked in $27.4 million from 2000 through 2002 working for a list of clients that includes Microsoft, Tyson Foods, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Viacom. And before its collapse, Enron paid Gillespie’s firm $700,000 to lobby against the "re-regulation" of Western electricity markets. Public Citizen’s analysis of Gillespie’s lobbying clients also reveals that after helping set up the Commerce Department as part of the Bush transition team, Gillespie returned to his practice and began immediately lobbying on behalf of clients with business before the department. In American politics, few non-governmental positions offer as much potential for corruption as national party chairman. Gillespie’s record of advocacy for the interests of Corporate America – including some of the country’s most infamous corporate wrongdoers – raises serious questions about Bush’s decision to appoint Gillespie to lead the Republican Party.