Obama tied to lobbyists, but boasts of not taking money

[newcriminal]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-04-15-obama_N.htm?se=yahoo

[anonymous171]

1. But he still doesn't take money from Lobbyists.

[newcriminal]

3. No, he just takes money from people who take money from lobbyists.

[BlooInBloo]

4. I call manufactroversy...

Probably every dollar in existence has been in a lobbyist's hands at SOME point.

EDIT: And LAWYERS??? LOLOL - they have jillions of clients. I'm sure Obama has a plumber who donated to him, and who has fixed some assholes pipes. OOOOHHHH NNOOOEEESSS!!!!

[cliffordu]

6. There's that lovely word again:

manufactroversy...


I love that word. Yes, I do.

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

9. I'm so glad I came across it when I did - so handy!

[Mooney]

13. That's different from taking money from lobbyists.

If I buy a product at a retail outlet that buys their goods wholesale, have I bought the product wholesale?

[TheDoorbellRang]

7. It's that degree of separation thing, don't you know

If he associates with people who associate with lobbyists, then there's a "tie" there.

I think Obama should just go live on a mountaintop somewhere and not associate with any people. That would be the safest way to go.:crazy:

[Mooney]

14. Some people have died in the mountains.

So if Obama live on a mountaintop, then he is tied to their deaths, apparently.

[rinsd]

8. Correction: He does not take money from currently registered federal lobbyists.

[anonymous171]

10. What is the difference, exactly?

Clinton still does.

[rinsd]

15. The purpose of not taking lobbyist dough is a political move showing one's is not owned.

Lobbyists get the brunt as the face of these special interests.

If Larry the registered lobbyists raises $200K for Obama, I see that as little different from Frank the formerly registered lobbyist whose firms still does lobbying raising $200K for Obama.

I do not think Obama is somehow bought off. I do think his convoluted word play with what donations he accepts is annoying.

[Texas Hill Country]

2. OPPS - and called out by USA Today no less...

[Nitrogenica]

5. Well, this is no Norman Hsu scandal, that's for sure.

[PM7nj]

11. This is as stupid as "Bill Clinton supports slave labor

because he owned stock in a company that was tied to a company that was tied to sweatshops"-gate.

[stevenleser]

12. Desperation *plonk*

[backscatter712]

16. Clintonistas: you shouldn't bring this up, glass houses & all...

We could bring up Mark Penn and Columbia's free trade and Blackwater and all that.

Even in the worst case scenario, Obama's a choir boy when compared to Clinton - she's up to her neck in lobbyist slime.

[SoonerPride]

17. If this is all you got, you're shooting blanks. Try throwing the gun.

That has more chance of inflicting a bruise.