Kerry's attacks on Clark backfire -

[robbedvoter]

January 14, 2004

Kerry raps K Street
But senator cozy with lobbyists, too
By Alexander Bolton
http://www.thehill.com/news/011404/kerry.aspx
To energize his flagging presidential campaign, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has taken recently to denouncing inside-the-Beltway corruption and influence peddling.

Last Friday in New Hampshire, he railed against the influence of lobbyists and pledged to shine light “on the secret deals in Washington.”

But during his Senate career, Kerry has helped special interests, even against the apparent interests of his own constituents. This helped cement ties with lobbyists who donated thousands of dollars to his campaign.


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In 1999, Kerry weighed in on an obscure Coast Guard rulemaking process to the benefit of a foreign company represented by Cassidy & Associates, one of the highest grossing D.C. lobbying firms. Shortly after his intervention, he received close to $8,000 in bundled contributions from Cassidy employees.

Kerry’s Senate spokesman, Tony Wyche, said it was absurd to speculate that Kerry’s actions on behalf of the foreign cable manufacturer were in any way linked to lobbying activity or meant to solicit political donations.

But few if any were aware of his selective stance last Wednesday in New Hampshire, when Kerry — now running behind former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and retired Gen. Wesley Clark — sought to seize the mantle of reformer.More

[Cuban_Liberal]

1. Oh Great--- one whore calling another 'whore'!

*sigh*

[tightFit4Three]

3. How would Castro fare in these debates?

Could Castro sell his vision for America to the American people?

[Cuban_Liberal]

5. Excuse me.

Is that a slam? I don't recall mentioning Castro, so I must deduce that it is a reference to my ethnicity...

[wyldwolf]

2. Just goes to show you...

Everytime a candidate attacks another for something specific, you can bet something similar is in his past. We keep seeing that with other campaigns.

[Cuban_Liberal]

4. None of them are 'clean', by DU standards.

It's frankly pretty pathetic watching the "MY candidate is more holy than yours" wars...

[Hieronymus]

6. A year ago 2004 was Kerry's to lose.

And he's lost it, bigtime.:eyes:

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. He MAY still get my vote

...some of his representatives here at DU nonwithstanding.

[blm]

8. Funny...Kerry never took pac money, yet the article wants us to THINK he

has.

[Leilani]

9. The Hill reported this:

Clark didn't attack him...that's the interesting part.

Kerry always brags about how clean he is in comparison to all the other candidates...

But the topper was when Kerry said that Clark has become WEALTHY since he left the military.

HYPOCRISY

[mmonk]

10. There's lots of it

especially from dems and their spokespeople calling Clark a republican while they essentially vote for bush's foreign policy and defend their votes (while saying bush just did it in a wrong manner).

[robbedvoter]

11. Only marrying/getting born with it is an acceptable way to get rich

Writing books, TV commentary are in bad taste - look how they jumped on that other upstart from Arkansas who made money. "Not our kind of people".
The poor should stay poor or we'll investigate the s* out of them!

[Brian_Expat]

12. This infighting between the left and center is hurting us

We need Joe Lieberman to unite our party to victory in 2004!

[isbister]

13. against the apparent interests of his own constituents

I am a constituent and I'm thrilled at the fantastic job he has done for Massachusetts and the country.

[Eloriel]

14. But Hey! He never took any PAC money.

Bwahahahaha.

Hilarious.

I KNEW, each time I heard that no PAC money line from Kerry that there was a little wrinkle in there that would make a fool out of him if it ever surfaced. I was going to take a look at his 4th Quarter filings when they came out. Now I don't have to bother.

Poor John, just can't catch a break, can he?

Eloriel

[killbotfactory]

15. That's why Lieberman will make a comeback...

He takes defense and family values off the table, and people feel sorry for him since the Gore snubbing, so he can get away with anything.