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by John McCormick
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama continues his bus tour through Iowa today. Here is the link to the Tribune's coverage of his stops Thursday, including one at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
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From The Boston Globe
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff | August 9, 2007
"...behind Obama's campaign rhetoric about taking on special interests lies a more complicated truth. A Globe review of Obama's campaign finance records shows that he collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from lobbyists and PACs as a state legislator in Illinois, a US senator, and a presidential aspirant."
So it boils down to this: Obama has always practiced sleazy money driven politics in the Cook County tradition. He has never shown the slightest inclination to change that -- and yet he's now telling us to trust him, that when he's in power he's going to lean everything up.
Yeah, right. [nudge, wink]
Posted by: Anonymous | August 17, 2007 7:22 AM
"It's time to turn the page on conventional foreign policy thinking," he told several hundred people in Council Bluffs. "Nobody had more experience in Washington than Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, and what they lacked was good judgment. I'm running on my judgment and I will tell the American people where I stand."
Truer words were never spoke.
!GOBAMA'08!
Posted by: Doug Zook | August 17, 2007 8:04 AM
Obama won't just roll in Iowa. He'll roll over all other presidential contenders & become the great president this country desperately needs. After the disaster of the Bush/Cheney years, this country will need all the help it can get.
Posted by: RomanB | August 17, 2007 8:50 AM
The PR firm of McCormick, Dorning & Co. is worth every penny Sen. Obama pays them.
Posted by: Bruce | August 17, 2007 9:04 AM
Obama's no different than the other candidates. Until there is significant campaign reform, we'll continue to get folks who are at the beck and call of those who financed their elections.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Federal campaign funding & term limits for all levels of office are the only way to give the American people honesty in government.
Posted by: Mordechai | August 17, 2007 9:40 AM
I think the saddest thing abput this guy is that there are actually people who are naive enough to beleive his holier than though act. Anyone who lives in IL and has seen how these Cook County and IL Democrats do business should be ashamed of themselves for even thinking of springing this guy looses on a national level. Imagine the Natinal GOv operating like IL does.
Posted by: Vinny | August 17, 2007 10:41 AM
Imagine the Natinal GOv operating like IL does.
Posted by: Vinny | August 17, 2007 10:41 AM
We're living it in spades already,dude. No need to imagine it.
Posted by: chimpymcflightsuit's navigator | August 17, 2007 1:30 PM