Clark misspeaks again

[cbua34]

Clark also sought to position himself as apart from Washington.

"I'm an outsider. I'm not part of the problem in Washington. I've never taken money from a lobbyist. I've never cut a deal for votes," he said.

His campaign said lobbyists have donated roughly $20,000 to Clark's candidacy.

<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040127/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_102>

[HFishbine]

1. Not to mention

Clark was a paid lobbyist himself. You can see that he was paid to lobby for Acxiom in Clark's "reading room" (1), but if you want to see the second page of that filing, the one that shows who he lobbied and for what purpose, you'll have to check the senate site (2). The second page of the filing is not posted on Clark's site for some reason.

1) http://www.clark04.com/readingroom/financial/lobby/index.php?page=lobby004

2) The second page of the filing that is not posted on Clark's web site:

[asjr]

3. But his "lobbying"

issues were airline and homeland security. I can't take issue with that. He and Dean are a breath of fresh air.

[kentuck]

2. Yep. You caught him. Call Tucker, Peggy, and the others...

so they can withdraw their support from the General....

[Bread and Circus]

4. Hey wow, now he sounds just like the rest of the candidates...

it's too bad...

Maybe he is turning into a politician.

[mmonk]

5. He called for disclosure from all the candidates

about their votes and what lobbyists they've had meetings with. That would end the hypocrisy.

[Mobius]

6. R U SERIUOS?

20K??? thats a drop in the bucket! Is that how far you have to dig for dirt? Heck Ill loan you a shovel and help you dig. In contrast to the back-stabbing "peers" , the further you dig into Clark in general (no pun intended), the more good you find. KEEP DIGGIN!

[arewethereyet]

7. how about the 500k he took to sell intel-ware ?

is that better ?

[Mattforclark]

8. haha

$20,000. Hmm, lets think. That doesn't sound like too much to me.

Now, do you think that this $20,000 may consist of individual contributions? Are lobbyists allowed to contribute up to the $2000 limit just like everyone else?

I wonder how much money has been donated by Doctors, Farmers, Small business owners, etc?

When one says, "I have never taken money from lobbyists," one is not claiming that no individual who happens to be a lobbyist has ever decided on his or her own volition to donate to one's campaign. The problem with lobbyists donating to campaigns is that they can have DISPROPORTIONATE influence, not that they can have influence, at least as I have always understood it. What a silly hit.

[elcondor]

9. Gore lies again!!

Opps, sorry, wrong year.

[bearfartinthewoods]

10. clark...running AGAINST LOBBYIST??????

ya gotta be kidding...lobbiest make us safer doncha know....

[meow mix]

11. he's said this a few times..

usually he says like "large amounts of money" or "a lot of money" or
something like that.
he must have forgot that part.

nice thing for u to pounce on though lol.
i know, i have an idea!
you should actually listen to him speak for once,
instead of relying on the media do your listening for you.
*rolling eyes*

[snippy]

12. Dubya? Is that you?

[funky_bug]

13. Nice try

Campaign donations and money to line a person's pocket in order to persuade them to vote a certain way are two entirely different things. The man has raised millions... I doubt that 20k is going to turn him.