Is it ethical to buy (favors) endorsements?

JanMichael

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Mon Jan-26-04 03:13 PM
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Is it ethical to buy (favors) endorsements?

Edited on Mon Jan-26-04 03:14 PM by JanMichael

Or should they be purely ideological? As in "I support <insert name here> because she/he/it represents my values!"

Just curious.

PS~ This applies to Bush too!

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redqueen

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Mon Jan-26-04 03:15 PM
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1. No

Edited on Mon Jan-26-04 03:17 PM by redqueen

But nobody cares about ethics anymore. If it's legal (even only slightly by fudging some technicality or something) then most people won't bat an eye.

If a lobbyist had run for office 10 years ago, there would have been howls of laughter. Now we debate why lobbyists are so put-upon.

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plurality

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Mon Jan-26-04 03:16 PM
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2. nope, but prepare yourself for cognative dissonance of an unheard of level

n/t

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JanMichael

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Mon Jan-26-04 07:04 PM
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3. Um...Yep...That's why I posted this.

When is the hammer going to drop?

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