Candidates for Sale

Rolling Stone by Matt Taibbi | Aug. 10, 2008 (Opinion)

The truth is that the campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain are being inundated with cash from more or less exactly the same gorgons of the corporate scene. From Wall Street to the Big Oil powerhouses to the military-industrial complex, America's fat-cat business leaders know that the Animal House-style party of the last eight years that made almost all of them rich with bonuses, government contracts and bubble profits is about to come to an end, ... Full Story »

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by Pam Rasmussen - Oct. 1, 2008

Of course, technically, just because candidates get big money from certain corporations doesn't mean their votes will be skewed that way. But past track records in this regards are damning, as this article documents. And Obama's minions need to be aware of this so that they don't allow their idolatrous support to be taken for granted.

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