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shireen

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7. His mistake was talking openly about it

Reply to wtmusic (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 05:55 PM

Jun 2013

Access to the president and elected officials by special interests has to be done discreetly. If Mr. Scott had not talk about his motives, they'd happily take his money and he could have chatted with the president. Really too bad how this turned out.

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Man donates $30K in retirement savings to speak to Obama about EVs; gets bumped off guest list [View all] wtmusic Jun 2013 OP

I followed some of the links.. This is interesting Fumesucker Jun 2013 #1

P*O*L*I*T*I*C*A*L C*O*W*A*R*D*I*C*E pscot Jun 2013 #2

You spelled "lackeys" wrong... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #10

How about every other donor who paid for access? quakerboy Jun 2013 #3

I hadn't thought sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #4

He is not a 1%er. So no access to the White House dbackjon Jun 2013 #5

Nevertheless, the DNC got caught cprise Jun 2013 #6

His mistake was talking openly about it shireen Jun 2013 #7

What a bunch of cowards 7962 Jun 2013 #8

He probably shouldn't have promoted it till after he met with Obama rightsideout Jun 2013 #9

"The best democracy money can buy" ... Nihil Jun 2013 #11