The GOP doesn't care about the citizens they are charged with representing, just the corporations they can squeeze for campaign money in return for favors.


Politics - washingtonpost.com
GOP Attorneys General Asked For Corporate Contributions
Thu Jul 17,12:57 PM ET

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Tania Branigan, Washington Post Staff Writers

Republican state attorneys general in at least six states telephoned corporations or trade groups subject to lawsuits or regulations by their state governments to solicit hundreds of thousands of dollars in political contributions, according to internal fundraising documents obtained by The Washington Post.

One of the documents mentions potential state actions against health maintenance organizations and suggests the attorneys general should "start targeting the HMO's" for fundraising. It also cites a news article about consolidation and regulation of insurance firms and states that "this would be a natural area for us to focus on raising money."

The attorneys general were all members of the Washington-based Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA). The companies they solicited included some of the nation's largest tobacco, pharmaceutical, computer, energy, banking, liquor, insurance and media concerns, many of which have been targeted in product liability lawsuits or regulations by state governments...




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