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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-26-07 10:33 AM
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does hiLLary buy some of her endorsements?
And in February, when former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack ended his own White House bid, he was about $450,000 in the red. A month after dropping out, Vilsack endorsed Clinton, and Clinton agreed to help him retire his debts. (Both insisted there was no quid pro quo.)

Over the next few months, some of Clinton's biggest fund-raisers gave Vilsack checks, including Hsu, who kicked in the maximum allowable contribution, $2,300, on May 3 after attending an event organized by Clinton's campaign, Newsweek reported this month. An associate of Hsu's, Paul Su, chipped in $1,000 on the same day.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/26/hsu_raised_big_money_for_clinton_supporters/

it's just friends heLping out friends.
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-26-07 10:44 AM
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1. With Vilsack I don't see it as a paid endorsement.
The Clintons and Vilsacks have been political allies for years. Both are DLC.

However, there are a few examples of people with their endorsement for sale.

There's a guy in SC(name escapes me at this moment), Obama offered $5K to him, Hillary trumped him with $10K.

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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 08:41 AM
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2. maybe she buys most of them
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