Back in August, 2005 I broke the story that ESA president Doug Lowenstein and Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music for Electronic Arts were co-hosting an intimate $1,000-a-plate affair to raise money for the Friends of Hillary Clinton.

The breakfast, set at a posh D.C. hotel, happened just two months to the day after Clinton took the video game industry to task for "stealing the innocence of our children" and called for a federal investigation into the discovery of hidden sex in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Now it looks like her pal Joe Lieberman, a fellow video game naysayer, has also been caught with his hand in the video game till.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Lieberman received about $73,000 from a variety of entertainment industry sources over the past two years, including Microsoft and Sony.

Asked why he accepted their money, Lieberman first joked, "I really don't get anything [contributions] from that industry."

And, he added, taking the donations "obviously doesn't affect my behavior, and the system allows for anyone who wants to see what I get to view all the donations."

Oh... that money! Brian Crecente

Lieberman Defends Video-Game Money [Hartford Courant]

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