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Philip Morris for President? 

Activists with INFACT, the national corporate watchdog organization, held a rally around the mock "Philip Morris for President?" campaign today at the Republican National Convention. The fiery campaign, which features a 12-foot cigarette dressed like Uncle Sam, exposes Philip Morris' unabashed corporate giving in this election cycle and challenges the tobacco giant's undue influence over public health policy. Republican National Convention banners with the Philip Morris and Kraft logos provided the backdrop for the rally along Walnut Street. As of June 30, Philip Morris was the Republican National Committee's largest single donor at $619,000. . .

"While at one time, the Conventions were a forum for public debate where citizen democracy asserted itself, they are now an outlet for the heavy-handed influence-peddling of corporations like Philip Morris."

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