Senator Lieberman in Bed with Drug Lobbies

[louis c]

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When a Senator's wife works for one of the capital's largest lobby shops (Hill and Knowlton, whose clients included Enron, the Bank of Credit and Commercial International, the Saudis, the Kuwaitis, American International Group and Boeing). Appearances tend to matter. In this case, something happened immediately.

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Mrs. Lieberman signed up with Hill and Knowlton in March 2005. The firms clients included GlaxoSmithKline, the British pharmaceutical giant that manufactures flu vaccines along with many other drugs. Mr. Lieberman introduced a bill that would award an array of new government incentives to companies like GSK....

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That legislation provoked irritated comment by his home town newspaper, the New Haven Register. In an editorial headlined, "Lieberman Crafts Drug Company Perk", the register noted that this bill was even more generous to the pharmaceutical industry than a similar proposal by the Senate Republican Leadership.

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No doubt Mr. Lieberman would do the bidding of the pharmaceutical lobby whether his wife was on the payroll or not, but this kind of coincidence is best avoided by a man who lectures the world about morality and ethics.


Link;
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20060713/cm_uc_crjcox/joe_conason20060713

[MadMaddie]

1. Joe is a sellout.....every hour that passes it becomes more

transparant...

[louis c]

4. You ain't kidding

[Oceansaway]

2. K&R...excellent !!!....n/t

[Dr.Phool]

3. They better send him som penecillin.

Because he really got fucked last night.

[wordpix2]

5. I'm sending this one to Ned