Edwards Blasts Bush, Vows to Cut Lobbyists' Power

[barbaraann]

By Christina Ling

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards (news - web sites) on Saturday skewered President Bush (news - web sites) for taking money from companies with lucrative contracts in Iraq (news - web sites) and vowed to bleed the power of Washington lobbyists
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"Let me tell you what we ought to do with these Washington lobbyists: we ought to cut 'em off at the knees," said Edwards, who refuses campaign contributions from lobbyists.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=6&u=/nm/20040221/pl_nm/campaign_edwards_dc


Cut the lobbyists off at the knees??!! Wow, that's not like any campaign talk I've ever heard! Go Edwards!

[DjTj]

1. Edwards has the strongest anti-lobbyist plan:

http://www.johnedwards2004.com/cleaning-up-washington.asp

...maybe that's why all the special interests are backing Kerry.

[citizen snips]

2. "Take a wild guess who's the biggest recipiant George Bush"

"If you make a list on a piece of paper of the companies who have gotten contracts in Iraq and then list beside them who they made political contributions to, take a wild guess who's the biggest recipient: George W. Bush," Edwards said.