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Who Bought Peter G Olson (R)


Ask politicians whether campaign contributions influence their decisions, and they’ll tell you certainly not.

Ask any citizen, and they’ll likely give the opposite answer.

Wired magazine has introduced web-widget that lists the top 10 donors and their contributions to any member of the House and Senate, their opponents, and the presidential candidates.  Congressman Pete Olson's contributors are shown above.

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Now, our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan. And that’s because all they have to offer is the same prescriptions they’ve had for the last thirty years: ‘Have a surplus?

Democratic National Convention - September 6, 2012