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Bloggers examine the government's apparent backing down in its racketeering case against tobacco companies; Jump to full article: Slate, 2005-06-10 Author: Bidisha Banerjee
Intro: Liberal bloggers are huffing. Pillow Talk for the Disaffected's Bush-hating ChuckD points to an LA Times story noting that Associate Attorney General Robert MacCallum, who may be responsible for the reduced demand, worked for R.J. Reynolds in the past. Whiskey Bar's Billmon rounds up a list of tobacco companies' campaign contributions to Republicans. America's Moral and Ethical Demise's Rob Parks writes, "I agree with a lot of what the Republican party and the Bush administration support, but on this I disagree. Don't give a huge financial break to companies that have deliberately caused the addictions of millions of people!"
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