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Food, drink - and big money - abound, and D's lapping up just as much of it as the R's
Jump to full article: Tacoma (WA) News Tribune, 2000-08-16
Author: Beth Silver / The News Tribune / 253-597-8603 or beth.silver@mail.tribnet.com.
Intro: If there were any doubt as to who was putting on the convention party Monday at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the hundreds of cigars lined up in wooden boxes labeled Skoal, Copenhagen and U.S. Tobacco might have provided a clue. . .
Washington's delegates to the Democratic National Convention are being treated this week to the kind of opulence usually reserved for elected officials, courtesy of Stimson Lane, which, along with with U.S. Tobacco, is a wholly owned subsidiary of UST Inc. . .
"It gave me some insight into how seductive corporate influence can be at the most basic level of good food and good drink," said Weisel, who had supported former Sen. Bill Bradley's failed presidential bid. "You can't help but remember who provided it."
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It gave me some insight into how seductive corporate influence can be at the most basic level of good food and good drink. . . You can't help but remember who provided
it.
Harvey Weisel, a DNC delegate from Seattle, on Monday's UST bash. Silver, B., <I>Wining, Dining On Tobacco Company's Dime</I>
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