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Kerry's Contradictions

by ben frank
John Kerry's statements at the CNN debate 2/27 vs reality.

Are Americans really falling for this whole dean bait and switch, Dean steals $40 million of progressive money, bails and now supposedly it's all over? This is such a sham! Are you just going to accept the corporate media telling you that our next election will be a battle of Skull and Boners?
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John Kerry at the CNN Debate 2/26

Typical Politican Half-Truth: Kerry claims to accept no big money
"I am the only United States senator who's been elected four times currently serving who has never accepted political action committee money in any of my races for the United States Senate. No checks from those interests.  The only people who've contributed me are, yes, some people who lobby. The total amount in lifetime amounts to about 1 percent of all the money that I've ever raised."

John Kerry Leads in Lobby Money - Washington Post
Kerry, a 19-year veteran of the Senate who fought and won four expensive political campaigns, has received nearly $640,000 from lobbyists, many representing telecommunications and financial companies with business before his committee, according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
For his presidential race, Kerry has raised more than $225,000 from lobbyists, better than twice as much as his nearest Democratic rival. Like President Bush, Kerry has also turned to a number of corporate officials and lobbyists to "bundle" contributions from smaller donors, often in sums of $50,000 or more, records provided by his campaign show.

Kerry is Posing as a man of the people
Source: bop2004.org
Net Worth Annual Income
John Forbes Kerry 
$198,794,683 - $839,038,000 $15,550,935 - $77,540,000



We Can End the Corporate Control of Our Government
Vote out the Millionaires and Reclaim Our Country
Dennis Kucinich is The One


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