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Barack Obama has pledged to end the influence of lobbyists, but that doesn't keep him from fundraising at the offices of one of the most notoriously corrupt lobbyists in years. Newsday reported over the weekend that Obama took about $125,000 from Greenberg Traurig employees at their Miami offices last October.

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      pc256 months ago

      that's a BIG "WHOOOOOOOOOPS"

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      Aidenag6 months ago

      McCain also recieved six figures from this firm. Though i really wouldn't put much into the fact either of them got money from them... It's a huge firm with 1700 lawyers, 19 locations, And is the 16th largest law firm by revenue in the world, 8th largest in the US.

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/12/mccain...

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    ZiegfeldGirl6 months ago

    Abramoff is the overlord of lobbyists!

    Oh poor Obama, he's done for.

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      ybdogsct6 months ago

      I wonder why PC25 chose not to post the original Newsday article. Maybe, this is why.

      LOL.

      http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/print...

      "To link an attorney there to the illegal actions of Jack Abramoff simply because they worked at the same firm is ridiculous.

      The attorneys held fundraisers for not only Obama, but also for McCain and Clinton. McCain, who chaired the Senate probe of Abramoff, held two events, one in the firm's New York office, another in Miami. McCain raised $138,000.

      Unlike McCain and Clinton, Obama accepts money from advocates but not lobbyists. The Center for Responsive Politics said lobbyists gave McCain $590,952 and Obama $115,163, but Obama returns lobbyist funds.

      Obama stated he doesn't accept money from 'currently registered federal lobbyists, registered foreign agents, PACs, or minors.' His filings show he was true to his word."

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      ybdogsct6 months ago

      http://politics.propeller.com/story/2008/05/30/...

      "McCain has more lobbyists working on his campaign staff than any other candidate."

      http://www.newsweek.com/id/136321

      "Doug Goodyear, McCain's selection for GOP Convention Chair, is CEO of DCI Group, which earned $3 million lobbying for ExxonMobil and GM.

      DCI was paid $348,000 to represent Burma's military junta, which was condemned by the State Dept. for its human-rights record and remains in power today. His firm created a PR campaign to burnish the junta's image, denouncing 'falsehoods' by the Bush administration that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses.

      Goodyear's firm also pioneered 527 groups, precisely the kind of operations that McCain, in his battle for campaign-finance reform, has denounced.

      Ironically, Goodyear was chosen for the post after the McCain campaign nixed another candidate, Paul Manafort, who runs a lobbying firm with McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis."

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      cushi6 months ago

      Dream on! (Unless, hopefully, you're being tongue in cheek.)

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      pc256 months ago

      So much for "Change you can believe in"

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        Nixie6 months ago

        No he's right, it is "Change you can believe in". What he didn't specify was that it is change in the millions and billions...quarters, dimes, nickles...

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          Global_Warmer6 months ago

          "So much for "Change you can believe in"...

          $13.8 million....is that "Chump Change?"

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            CRYMTYPHON6 months ago

            Change, Pc25; believe in it.

            You CAN change.

            Change now.

            Or else, as the Republican party threatens, You will get the change you deserve.

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          tanglang6 months ago

          This should be on page one for all to see. Unfortunately it seems as though some here do not want stories trashing their golden boy to get out.

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            alakazam6 months ago

            There was only man who voted to sunset the Military Commissions Act.

            Anyone know who it was?

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            cushi6 months ago

            Doesn't matter to me because it shows so glaringly who is in the back pockets of the lobbyists to the greatest extent, and it isn't Barack. It also shows that neither of the other candidates have made any effort to change the status quo; just him.

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            TheRealizer6 months ago

            Innocent children should not be in politics, if he can't cover his tracks he should quit. Every professional politician is for sale, some are just brighter than others.

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              TheRealizer6 months ago

              Innocent children should not be in politics, if he can't cover his tracks he should quit. Every professional politician is for sale, some are just brighter than others.

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                TheRealizer6 months ago

                Innocent children should not be in politics, if he can't cover his tracks he should quit. Every professional politician is for sale, some are just brighter than others.

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                  TheRealizer6 months ago

                  I got more entries than I tried for..

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                    pc256 months ago

                    it's what happens when the page locks up and you don't know whats going on and then you click the submit button again....the system does get a little quirky at times

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                      pc256 months ago

                      it's what happens when the page locks up and you don't know whats going on and then you click the submit button again....the system does get a little quirky at times

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                        Wolfie20076 months ago

                        Real, the problem is he ain't innocent or a child. lol

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                        alakazam6 months ago

                        I would like to see this investigated.

                        Make no mistake Ladies and Gentlemen...Alakazam loves America.

                        Can we please elect a person of true Presidential Nature.

                        Is there a truly "GREAT" American that actually can unite us?

                        I will not vote for McCain or Hillary...Period!

                        Can we please have some Integrity back in Politics?

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