Companies Seeking Immunity Donate to Senator -Democratic Senator John D.Rockefeller IV

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42 grand can buy you immunity.......

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 — Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while seeking his support for legal immunity for businesses participating in National Security Agency eavesdropping.

The surge in contributions came from a Who’s Who of executives at the companies, AT&T and Verizon, starting with the chief executives and including at least 50 executives and lawyers at the two utilities, according to campaign finance reports.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/washington/23nsa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[mmonk]

1. Money talks, ethics walks.

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2. i believe this system may be broken beyond repair

when a 'rockefeller' can be compromised by contributions.......

[mmonk]

3. I hope not beyond repair but the evidence indicates otherwise.