Exactly. How is any candidate going to survive if they are afraid to have major donors?
Perry’s $5000 donation from Merck is actually pretty small. And if receiving a donation means there’s corruption, then there’s also corruption anywhere there’s a received donation.
Is it unusual that Bachmann receives thousands from American Sugar and that American Sugar is in a dispute/strike with its union and that Bachmann has supported what unions would call “anti-union” legislation?
It actually isn’t any different than the Gardasil/Merck/EO connection: It’s the BAchmann American Crystal Sugar/union strike/anti-union votes connection.