Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Do It For Teddy

Big Pharma worried over their ObamaCare Windfall have donated $576,000 for failing candidate Martha Coakley (D) running for the seat vacated by the terminally deceased but now stone cold sober Ted "let her drown " Kennedy.

Nationwide a grassroots effort had no trouble answering the call from Scott Brown for a 24 hr money bomb. He set the goal at $500,000, but you all blew by that by $800,000 and money is still coming in. America thanks you.

Steve
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From Michelle Malkin

With Democrat Martha Coakley in trouble in the Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat, Democrats could lose vote No. 60 for President Obama’s health-care bill. In response, an army of lobbyists for drug companies, health insurance companies, and hospitals has teamed up to throw a high-dollar Capitol Hill fundraiser for Coakley next Tuesday night. The invitation is at right (click here for a better view).

Of the 22 names on the host committee–meaning they raised $10,000 or more for Coakley–17 are federally registered lobbyists, 15 of whom have health-care clients. Of the other five hosts, one is married to a lobbyist, one was a lobbyist in Pennsylvania, another is a lawyer at a lobbying firm, and another is a corporate CEO. Oh, and of course, there’s also the political action commitee for Boston Scientific Corporation.

All the leading drug companies have lobbyists on Coakley’s host committee: Pfizer, Merck, Amgen, Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Astra-Zeneca, and more. On the insurance side of things, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, HealthSouth, and United Health all are represented on the host committee.

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