Companies Seeking Immunity Donate to Senator - (Rockefeller)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: NYT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 — Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while seeking his support for legal immunity for businesses participating in National Security Agency eavesdropping.

The surge in contributions came from a Who’s Who of executives at the companies, AT&T and Verizon, starting with the chief executives and including at least 50 executives and lawyers at the two utilities, according to campaign finance reports.

The money came primarily from a fund-raiser that Verizon held for Mr. Rockefeller in March in New York and another that AT&T sponsored for him in May in San Antonio.

Mr. Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, emerged last week as the most important supporter of immunity in devising a compromise plan with Senate Republicans and the Bush administration.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/washington/23nsa.html...

[leftchick]

1. they are all so fucking corrupt

and like a ROCKEFELLER even needs any fucking money!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. But, but, but...

"Mr. Rockefeller’s office said Monday that the sharp increases in contributions from the telecommunications executives had no influence on his support for the immunity provision."

[leftchick]

4. fuck him!

fuck them all!!

[Tempest]

3. This is one time

I hope the Repugs call for an inquiry into influence peddling against Rockefeller.

Goddamn crook.

[Mnemosyne]

5. Needs a knr! n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Rockerfeller should return the money.

Why isn't there any move to do so?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. Yes, he should.

He shouldn't have accepted it in the first place, but he did and at this point the only ethical option is to return the money.