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When Clinton called her lobbyist money as coming from ‘real Americans’, Edwards and Obama jumped at the chance to criticize her for not representing average Americans and being part of the old guard corrupt Washington political culture. A ‘gift’ connected to the Edwards campaign comes from the Mellon fortune’s holdings from pharmaceutical and banking holdings. Mellon had previously contributed the $4600 maximum to the Edwards campaign..

Obama is quick to criticize the gift to Edwards backers while distancing himself from special interest money. But the Vote Hope group said it hopes to raise $2 million for Obama’s California campaign. Seems as though all three have their hands in the cookie jar but want to attack each other for the source of the money.

Edwards backer reports gift of $495K

By Dan Morain
Los Angeles Times
December 29, 2007

DES MOINES — The investment account of philanthropist Rachel L. Mellon has given $495,000 to an independent group that is backing Democrat John Edwards’ presidential bid.

The donation, which was disclosed in a Federal Election Commission filing Friday, comes as Edwards and rival Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois have been sniping at each other over just such outside spending.

An aide to Obama called the $495,000 gift from Mellon, who is in her mid-90s, “questionable,” and Edwards repeated his view that independent advocacy groups should be banned.

Fund Supports Pro-Edwards ‘527′ Group

By JIM KUHNHENN – AP

Alexander Forger, a lawyer listed in New York city property records as holding power of attorney for Mellon, lists himself in FEC records as director of Oak Springs Farm LLC. He also has contributed the maximum $4,600 allowed to Edwards’ campaign.

Oak Spring Farm LLC contributed $250,000 last year to a nonprofit political group that Edwards set up called One America.

Forger did not immediately respond to e-mail and telephone messages.

Both One America and the Alliance for a New America are “527″ corporations, nonprofit groups that can carry out some political activity but have come under scrutiny by the FEC for their advertising during past presidential campaigns. They derive their name, “527,” from the section of the IRS code that authorizes them.

So how corrupt is Mr Poverty Tour, John Edwards, current Democratic party Presidential candidate and former lawsuit trial attorney who made millions for himself? Rachel Mellon and her half-million contribution get funneled by her attorney to a group at which the attorney is the director. Maybe the two America’s mantra of former Senator John Edwards simply separates most of us from the big money influence fueling his campaign.

Edwards offers a 527 letter, too

by John McCormick

DES MOINES — The dispute over who is purer on the influence of money from special interests continues its back and forth between former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

This morning, Obama’s campaign issued one of those easy-to-generate letters from disgruntled former supporters of Edwards in Iowa, while the afternoon brought one from the Edwards campaign written under the names of former Obama supporters now backing Edwards.

The text of the 527 letter is available at the linked excerpt above.

And there’s more….

Edwards Campaign May Have Expected Union Group Plan

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, NYT
December 27, 2007

But the Edwards campaign may have expected the support of the group, Alliance for a New America, set up by a local of the Service Employees International Union. An Oct. 8 e-mail message circulated among the union leaders who created the group suggests that they were talking with Edwards campaign officials about “what specific kinds of support they would like to see from us” just as they were planning to create an outside group to advertise in early primary states with “a serious 527 legal structure.”

Imagine that, content from the NYT spanking Edwards about contributions and connections. Probably because they support Clinton and Edwards is just another obstacle for them.

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