VS: Democratische politica wil omgekocht worden

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Congress-lid Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) belde naar een lobbyist met de vraag om omgekocht te worden. Ze was wel slim genoeg om een bericht achter te laten op de voicemail.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has been caught on tape asking a lobbyist for a campaign contribution and reminding the lobbyist of her position on an important committee that affects the lobbyist's "sector."

"I'm simply candidly calling to ask for a contribution," says Rep. Norton, a Democrat from the District of Columbia, on the tape. "As the senior member of the, um, committee and a sub-committee chair, we have (chuckles) obligations to raise, uh, funds."

Norton's office does not deny the authenticity of the tape, but calls the message a "standard request" and emphasizes that it was first circulated by the web site Big Government, run by conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, who has been criticized for misleading reporting in the past.

But good government types say that while this kind of phone call may be legal, it is not appropriate.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Politi...ry?id=11655808