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3. From the consultant's view, it's not about getting a candidate elected

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 02:18 PM

Feb 2016

it's about lining their own pockets. For every billboard buy and ad placement, a little goes into the consulting companies' pockets. Likewise, fees for organizing those trips to Vegas and fundraiser dinners. And cars don't park themselves without a commission going to the people who hired the valet firm. Bush had the biggest donors, so he attracted the biggest vultures.

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