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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (66780)	8/2/2006 12:49:11 PM
From: atm_prophet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

no money can negate the investment in the ultimate liberty of millions of people who have been suppressed and tortured under a brutal regime. History will speak heroically of George W. Bush's courage and leadership.

To: American Spirit who wrote (66780)	8/2/2006 1:07:14 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 93284

"In the two years after the Big Dig issue, American International Group paid Kerry's way on a trip to Vermont and donated at least $30,000 to a tax-exempt group Kerry used to set up his presidential campaign. Company executives also donated $18,000 to his Senate and presidential campaigns, according to records obtained by AP. Some government watchdogs said Kerry's story is a textbook case of Washington special interest politicking that he rails against on the presidential trail. "The idea that Kerry has not helped or benefited from a specific special interest, which he has said, is utterly absurd," said Charles Lewis, head of the Center for Public Integrity that just published a book on political donations to the presidential candidates. "Anyone who gets millions of dollars over time, and thousands of dollars from specific donors, knows there's a symbiotic relationship," Lewis said. "He needs the donors' money. The donors need favors. Welcome to Washington. That is how it works." The documents obtained by AP detail Kerry's effort as a member of the Senate Commerce Committee to persuade committee chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., to drop legislation that would have stripped $150 million from the Big Dig project and ended the insurance funding loophole." usatoday.com