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	<title><![CDATA[McCain's Cronies:  Charlie Black And Big Tobacco]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christy-hardin-smith/mccains-cronies-charlie-b_b_94189.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Hmmmmm....wonder if the <a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/top_mccain_adviser_says_he_doe.php">"McCain Lobbyist Express"</a> ever gets cramped from all that effort to avoid discussing the many clients that line all those lobbyists' pockets while they are riding around the country with the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. Are we to believe that the subject never, ever comes up with <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/12/mccains-cronies-all-aboard-the-lobbyist-express/">all those lobbyists and former lobbyists</a> hanging around, trading <em>bon mots</em> on political and professional conquests aplenty? Just too pure of heart to ever cross an ethical line,...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-04-08T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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