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stephanie
09-02-2008, 08:55 PM
this was buried in the Post...Sarah Palin was in their Headline..

Candidate Got Funding for Nursing Program

Now that Sen. Joseph Biden, left, is the Democratic vice presidential candidate, congressional ties to his lobbyist son Hunter, right, are coming under scrutiny. (By Scott Olson -- Getty Images)

Sen. Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressional earmarks for clients of the lobbyist son of his Democratic running mate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, records show. Obama succeeded in getting $192,000 for one of the clients, St. Xavier University in suburban Chicago.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603894.html

retiredman
09-02-2008, 08:58 PM
this was buried in the Post...Sarah Palin was in their Headline..

Candidate Got Funding for Nursing Program

Now that Sen. Joseph Biden, left, is the Democratic vice presidential candidate, congressional ties to his lobbyist son Hunter, right, are coming under scrutiny. (By Scott Olson -- Getty Images)

Sen. Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressional earmarks for clients of the lobbyist son of his Democratic running mate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, records show. Obama succeeded in getting $192,000 for one of the clients, St. Xavier University in suburban Chicago.

read the rest and comments..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603894.html

so what? he got funding for a university in his state.

big fucking deal