
Kerryism of the DayThe senator's caveats and curlicues.
Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at 11:29 AM ET
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"I am the only United States Senator1 2 who has voluntarily refused to ever take in any of my races3 one dime of4 special interest money. The only checks I took were from individual Americans.5"
—NPR's All Things Considered, Feb. 9, 2004
[1] who has been elected four times
[2] currently serving in the Senate
[4] political action committee
[5] Now did some individual lobbyists contribute? The answer is, yes, they did.
Verbatim:
I am the only United States Senator who has been elected four times, currently serving in the Senate, who has voluntarily refused to ever take, in any of my races for the Senate, one dime of political action committee special interest money. The only checks I took were from individual Americans. Now did some individual lobbyists contribute? The answer is, yes, they did.
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