Obama Being Less Than Truthful About Special Interest Money

Published: April 15, 2008, 2:28 am

Tags: politics asshats the loony left

More of that famous authenticity from Barack Obama: Obama told the crowd that's why he doesn't accept contributions from political action committees or lobbyists. They're not funding my campaign. They won't run my White House, he said. However, campaign finance records show that Obama has received tens of thousands of dollars from people in many of the same groups and industries he regularly rails against. He may not take money from (political action committees) or lobbyists, but he is taking interest money, said Sheila Krumholtz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign finance issues. He's getting a lot of money from individuals representing lawyers and law firms, security firms, real estate and Hollywood, Krumholtz said. You can't say that he doesn't take special-interest money. By the way, Obama just took $125,000 from Jack Abramoff’s lobbying firm too. So much for

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