Posted on 10/03/2008 7:04:28 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Confessions of a criminal... well, that is what this new memoir should be titled, but it isn't. The Bellingham Herald (Washington State) is reporting on the publication of a new memoir by Joe Miller who was once a lobbyist for various unions and Democratic Party candidates. In it he admits that he broke the law "all the time" in pursuit of legislative/financial wins for the left.
In "The Wicked Wine of Democracy," Miller records his 40 years as a lobbyist, starting as a political operative for Henry "Scoop" Jackson in the 1960s, and the tales he gives us shows how corrupt the whole system has gotten to be...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
>>>What’s the solution? The solution isn’t “getting money out of government” like campaign finance laws keep claiming. The solution is getting government OUT of our lives. If government didn’t have the power it has to affect our lives, the lobbyists wouldn’t find that they have to get involved with government officials as much as they do. Get rid of government influence and we get rid of corruption in government.
It’s really that simple. Smaller government is the cure, not more regulation.<<<
This commentary at the end is a nugget; the value of which you very rarely see even on FR.
At the time of the 1980 election there was a documentary about the 1960 election and democrat workers from Texas and Illinois admitted that they had stuffed the ballot boxes for Kennedy-Johnson far in excess of the slim margin. They basically admitted that Kennedy stole the 1960 election.
My FIL, a hard-core union member, admitted that he took part in stuffing the boxes in Illinois and he was completely unrepentant about it.
It doesn’t surprise me that a law breaker is unrepentant.
(But you lost me with one thing... what’s an FIL?)
Father In Law
Ah, gotcha. Thanks.
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