And, of course, he’s not afraid to ask for donations a few paragraphs later.
Dear Friend,
If you want to know why we need change in Washington—and I mean real change, not just trading corporate Republican insiders with corporate Democratic insiders—then just look at Senator Clinton’s schedule for today.
Today at noon, Hillary Clinton will be hosting a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. for a select group of lobbyists with an interest in homeland security.
Tickets for the Clinton fundraiser are $1,000 a ticket and $25,000 per bundler. And for that money you get more than a meal—you get to attend one-hour breakout sessions in four different areas of homeland security that will include House Committee Chairs and members of Congress who sit on the very committees that will be voting on homeland security legislation.
The American people know that the system in Washington has become corroded and corrupt—that the nation’s capital is awash in campaign money from lobbyists seeking to gain influence to impact legislation…
You may not have $1,000, but your $25, $50 or $100 contribution today—when combined with the contributions of thousands of others who are replying to this email right now—can send a powerful message to all of Washington that the days of trading special interest contributions for government access are numbered:
www.johnedwards.com/contribute
He includes the link not once, but thrice. I’m not going to attack him on the content of the email – hey, this is politics. But I don’t know if she’d ever accept him as VP after all of this slamming.


by Stephan Tawney on September 18, 2007