Hedge fund operator controlling Democratic politicians
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By Cliff Kincaid
Our media have treated us to endless replays of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama attacking one another’s corporate ties.
Obama said Clinton had been a corporate lawyer on the board of http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1238 countered that Obama did favors for a slumlord who contributed to his political campaign. But there’s more to this than charges and counter-charges and a desperate race for the White House. It is apparent that both of these candidates are “corporate Democrats” with substantial ties to the business community. But haven’t we been told by the media that the Republicans are the party of Business?
In fact, a review of the public record for the 2008 election cycle shows that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in the top five of all politicians, on the presidential and congressional levels, in receiving financial contributions from the controversial, mysterious and secretive hedge fund industry. Overall, data from the Center for Responsive Politics shows that http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1142, is a hedge fund operator and convicted inside trader who pours millions of dollars into the Democratic Party, its front groups and candidates. He has put money into the coffers of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. He will be able to pull the strings if either is elected president.
The other Democratic candidate, John Edwards, has not received money from Soros but actually worked for a hedge fund before he started going around the country blasting special interests. He is number five on the list of receiving hedge fund money.
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