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Bush's Misleading Attack Video
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Feb 16, 2004 12:36am |
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| News Date | Monday, February 16, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Internet attack ad says Kerry got most “special interest money” of any senator. He didn't. And Bush got lots more.
February 13, 2004
Summary
The Bush campaign sent an e-mail Feb. 12 to six million supporters with a link to an Internet video attacking Kerry for being "unprincipled." The ad claims Kerry got "more special interest money than any other senator," which is false.
While it is true that Kerry got $640,000 over the past 15 years from individual lobbyists, that's only one type of special-interest money. And the Bush campaign itself has reported raising $960,000 from individual lobbyists in the past year alone.
The ad says Kerry got "millions from executives at HMO's, telecoms, drug companies," which is true -- for Kerry's entire political career. But so far Kerry's presidential campaign has received a small fraction of what the Bush campaign has received from those particular sources. By any definition, Bush's "special interest" money greatly exceeds Kerry's. |
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