Comments on: It Depends Upon What The Meaning Of The Word “Lobbyist” Is http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/02/24/it-depends-upon-what-the-meaning-of-the-word-lobbyist-is/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: red4ever http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/02/24/it-depends-upon-what-the-meaning-of-the-word-lobbyist-is/#comment-2693 red4ever Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:43:23 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=247#comment-2693 I am not watching his speech tonight. It does not matter what Obama SAYS, it is what he does. I am not watching his speech tonight. It does not matter what Obama SAYS, it is what he does.

]]> By: Achance http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/02/24/it-depends-upon-what-the-meaning-of-the-word-lobbyist-is/#comment-2692 Achance Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:06:17 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=247#comment-2692 The Ds had the lobbyist market cornered for almost 50 years. No D ever had a tab and all Ds got the inside scoop and the insider deal. The Gingrich Revolution changed all that and there was a reason for the K Street Project. Political types being as they are, the lobbyists would just hedge their bets and keep their heads down to see how long it would take to restore America's rightful rulers. So, the Rs went on a program to make them declare and made it clear that a hedged bet was no bet at all. Comes the counter-revolution and the lobbyists who did align with the Rs are the bad lobbyists that can't play in the D sandbox. Other lobbyists are just fine. The Ds had the lobbyist market cornered for almost 50 years. No D ever had a tab and all Ds got the inside scoop and the insider deal. The Gingrich Revolution changed all that and there was a reason for the K Street Project. Political types being as they are, the lobbyists would just hedge their bets and keep their heads down to see how long it would take to restore America’s rightful rulers. So, the Rs went on a program to make them declare and made it clear that a hedged bet was no bet at all.

Comes the counter-revolution and the lobbyists who did align with the Rs are the bad lobbyists that can’t play in the D sandbox. Other lobbyists are just fine.

]]> By: E Pluribus Unum http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/02/24/it-depends-upon-what-the-meaning-of-the-word-lobbyist-is/#comment-2691 E Pluribus Unum Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:58:12 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=247#comment-2691 that it is just indecent not to pound him into goo over said broken promises. Downright irresponsible, I'd say. Lobbyists were always the proverbial straw man anyway. When discussing what exactly has poisoned the atmosphere in Washington, it really ain't lobbyists. They would not be in line for favors if favors were not being routinely dispensed. Like most Obama targets, they are purely targets of opportunity, that it is just indecent not to pound him into goo over said broken promises. Downright irresponsible, I’d say.

Lobbyists were always the proverbial straw man anyway. When discussing what exactly has poisoned the atmosphere in Washington, it really ain’t lobbyists. They would not be in line for favors if favors were not being routinely dispensed.

Like most Obama targets, they are purely targets of opportunity,

]]> By: youthgrunt http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2009/02/24/it-depends-upon-what-the-meaning-of-the-word-lobbyist-is/#comment-2690 youthgrunt Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:55:25 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/?p=247#comment-2690 Is it my imagination or is Jake Tapper about the only MSM reporter actually doing his job? Kudos to Jake. Is it my imagination or is Jake Tapper about the only MSM reporter actually doing his job? Kudos to Jake.

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