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Isn't That Special?

Matt Welch | 8.26.2003 12:44 PM

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Arnold Schwarzenegger has been telling anyone who'll listen that he's refusing any campaign contributions "from the special interests." Meanwhile, as Daniel Weintraub points out, Arnold's been scarfing down campaign contributions right and left. Guess it depends on the meaning of the word "special."

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

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