Post by unlawflcombatnt on Aug 5, 2007 3:27:32 GMT -6
In excerpts from the Yearly Kos convention, Hillary Clinton defends her acceptance of lobbyist money. Hillary bleats that "a lot of those lobbyists,,,,represent real Americans, they actually do." Yes, they do. The represent "real" rich Americans.
Those poor misunderstood Corporate lobbyists. I guess we should be more compassionate. It's not easy being a millionaire lobbyist or hedge fund manager.
The title of the article is
Democrats Court Liberal Bloggers
By RON FOURNIER
8/4/07
"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton refused Saturday to forsake campaign donations from lobbyists, turning aside challenges from her two main rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination with a rare defense of the special interest industry.
"A lot of those lobbyists, whether you like it or not, represent real Americans, they actually do," Clinton said, drawing boos and hisses from liberal bloggers at the second Yearly Kos convention.
Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois put Clinton on the spot during a forum that featured seven of the eight major Democratic presidential candidates fielding questions from a crowd of 1,500 bloggers, most of them liberal. The gathering marked another advancement for the rising new wing of the Democratic Party, the so-called netroots.
The candidates were put on the spot from the start....
Obama said he would allow the U.S. to continue running a budget deficit to meet health care and other needs. "We've got to make some investments."...."
Just lovely. Translation: 'I'm not about to roll back the tax cuts on the wealthy. (Because I need their campaign contributions). We'll just have to increase the deficit to finance all of the new spending I want.'
And apparently, other Democratic candidates agree with Obama's philosophy of spending more and borrowing more, but without increasing taxes to pay for it.
"Plunging headlong into the Internet era, all seven candidates fought for the support of the powerful and polarizing liberal blogosphere by promising...aggressive government spending....
Edwards, the party's 2004 vice presidential nominee, called on the field to join him in refusing donations from lobbyists....
Clinton, who accepts such donations, did not respond to Edwards until much later in the forum....
the bloggers booed and hissed when Clinton insisted a moment later that nobody would believe that she could be influenced by lobbyists. So would she (Clinton) continue to accept those donations?
"Yes, I will," she said, arguing that plenty of lobbyists represent good causes. "They represent nurses, they represent social workers, they represent, yes, they represent corporations that employ a lot of people."
Obama rejected that argument, saying lobbyists aren't at work for the public good. "They have an agenda," he insisted.
Edwards asked crowd members how many of them were represented by lobbyists. A few hands went up, and his point was made...."
The entire article can be found at
Democrats Court Liberal Bloggers
Those poor misunderstood Corporate lobbyists. I guess we should be more compassionate. It's not easy being a millionaire lobbyist or hedge fund manager.
The title of the article is
Democrats Court Liberal Bloggers
By RON FOURNIER
8/4/07
"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton refused Saturday to forsake campaign donations from lobbyists, turning aside challenges from her two main rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination with a rare defense of the special interest industry.
"A lot of those lobbyists, whether you like it or not, represent real Americans, they actually do," Clinton said, drawing boos and hisses from liberal bloggers at the second Yearly Kos convention.
Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois put Clinton on the spot during a forum that featured seven of the eight major Democratic presidential candidates fielding questions from a crowd of 1,500 bloggers, most of them liberal. The gathering marked another advancement for the rising new wing of the Democratic Party, the so-called netroots.
The candidates were put on the spot from the start....
Obama said he would allow the U.S. to continue running a budget deficit to meet health care and other needs. "We've got to make some investments."...."
Just lovely. Translation: 'I'm not about to roll back the tax cuts on the wealthy. (Because I need their campaign contributions). We'll just have to increase the deficit to finance all of the new spending I want.'
And apparently, other Democratic candidates agree with Obama's philosophy of spending more and borrowing more, but without increasing taxes to pay for it.
"Plunging headlong into the Internet era, all seven candidates fought for the support of the powerful and polarizing liberal blogosphere by promising...aggressive government spending....
Edwards, the party's 2004 vice presidential nominee, called on the field to join him in refusing donations from lobbyists....
Clinton, who accepts such donations, did not respond to Edwards until much later in the forum....
the bloggers booed and hissed when Clinton insisted a moment later that nobody would believe that she could be influenced by lobbyists. So would she (Clinton) continue to accept those donations?
"Yes, I will," she said, arguing that plenty of lobbyists represent good causes. "They represent nurses, they represent social workers, they represent, yes, they represent corporations that employ a lot of people."
Obama rejected that argument, saying lobbyists aren't at work for the public good. "They have an agenda," he insisted.
Edwards asked crowd members how many of them were represented by lobbyists. A few hands went up, and his point was made...."
The entire article can be found at
Democrats Court Liberal Bloggers