"A quick search of Federal Election Commission data showed that employees of those three companies -- GE, NBC and Raytheon -- have contributed in total $68,656 to the Democratic presidential candidates. Most of that went to the three GE-approved candidates who were on the stage Tuesday night.
"In his farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower famously said, "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."
"Add to that complex the media, with a company like General Electric, with its vested interests in selling weaponry and nuclear power plants, using its subsidiary, NBC, to exclude candidates like Kucinich, who is for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, no nuclear energy, no Yucca Mountain radioactive waste dump, and for single-payer health care. If there was a lovefest at the Las Vegas debate, it was between the corporate-funded Democrats and their sponsor, GE/NBC."
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