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Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

CitizenOpinionated — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:28:53 -0400

Please don't...

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

Gosh — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:55:25 -0400

I may need to quit smoking.

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

lpetrou — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:15:19 -0400

This a dog bites man story. Reynolds is located in North Carolina, tobacco is a legal product, "big tobacco" employs many people in the state, so what is the problem. On average Senator Burr received $23,000 a year; Kay Hagan received $19,450 from tobacco companies last year, not that much less than Burr received a year. I would expect them to contribute to both senators and the congressmen, just as I would expect to see the auto companies contributing to the Michigan congressmen or coal companies to those from West Virginia. If they didn't contribute, that would be the story.

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:11:50 -0400

Good point. I added it.

— RTB

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

CitizenOpinionated — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:06:24 -0400

Ryan - how come you did not post Hagan's campaign contributions from Tobacco on his post?

Re: Tobacco groups gave $355k to Burr

CitizenOpinionated — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:09:05 -0400

It is also worth noting that Kay Hagan has received over $8,000 in her first election cycle from tobacco companies. More alarming is the $19,000 in campaign contributions received by the Hagan campaign from Bank of America.

Reported here...
http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/hagan_outraged_over_aig_bonuses#comment

If she is so outraged, then she should show some leadership in the US Senate and return that money, since it is nothing short of our taxpaying dollars as well.

Yet, she voted on the Stimulus Package that included the AIG bonus money. I even called her office and asked if they read the bill and they told me most of it and that Hagan would review the modifications in the bill before voting...I guess that one just slipped under the radar. This is also very ironic since Hagan co-sponsored an amendment limiting executive pay a mere week earlier.

If only the News and Observer would do some investigative reporting...