RNC notes hypocrisy on Obama pledge

MSNBC by Mark Murray | Jun. 6, 2008 (News Analysis)

On Thursday, Obama announced that the Democratic National Committee -- as his campaign does -- would no longer accept financial contributions from federal lobbyists.

"We will not take a dime from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs," he said. "We're going to change how Washington works. They will not fund my party. They will not run our White House."

But today, the Republican National Committee is noting all the holes in this ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Media
Topics: Republicans, Media and Politics, Money and Politics, John McCain, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Jun 6, 2008 - 12:36 PM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jun 6, 2008 - 4:17 PM PDT
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Denise Clendening
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 by Denise Clendening - Oct. 1, 2008

Balanced fair story except for the title. It could have been called RNC Defends McCain's ties to Lobbyist. Obama indicating that he will no longer accept financial contributions from federal lobbyists is an interesting important story.

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Michael Nolan
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 by Michael Nolan - Oct. 1, 2008

The story mentions where the Democrats accept contributions from lobbyists, but it basically buys the RNC criticism of Obama without pointing out that he doesn't control the Democratic Senate or House campaign committees. Nor does it say anything about the large number of lobbyists who work for McCain.

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
Fabrice posted this story.
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John Bracken
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 by John Bracken - Oct. 1, 2008
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