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Originally posted by Sparhawk
Guess we can shut the forum down now, can't we?
I think he's saying it because it needs to be said. Politicians all have special interests, the ones with guts are those who can say to their special interests "This [whatever] isn't going to happen the way you want to happen." Clinton and the former Bush are decent examples of this, the current Bush is a stunning example of the opposite, and it deserves fair play in the campaign.
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So, we all agree that they all do it... And you can always count on at least one candidate per major campaign to raise the special interest issue... So maybe they are keeping each other honest to some degree? How much worse would the lobbyist influence be if candidates didn't have to count on getting called to task during reelection? Special interests are inevitable in a redistibutive government system (meaning money is contributed into a place that hands it back out in the form of funding or programs). At least with these jokers pretending to buck the system there is some transparency and accountability.