Posted on 01/19/2008 7:29:06 AM PST by jdm
Fred isn't being hypocritical about it though. He defended his career as a lobbyist.
I don't have a problem with lobbyists, but politicians shouldn't be using them as the boogeyman when in fact they create the very conditions that allow lobbying to become a necessity.
BS, AP reproter Johnson is a lobbyist for the left wing in America. Neither he nor you know what the rest of that sentence was going to be.
The author has one thing right though, Romney should have told Johnson to read the First Amendment and kiss his ass rather than arguing with the leftist putz about the influence of the evil lobbysists on the body politic.
Subject changer? Heavens no. I was simply pointing out an egregious example of blinding hypocrisy. As for the subject, what was the lie that Romney allegedly told? Please provide the exact quote.
Give him time, he'll have another death-bed conversion.
It depends on what the meaning of the word “is” is.
I never thought I'd see the day when Boston Globeites, Johnson, were supported over Republicans here at FR.
Live long enough and you see anything I suppose.
The Conservative ones are...
Except for Duncan folks of course...
Sad, isn't it?
Neither he nor you know what the rest of that sentence was going to be.
I'm waiting for one of the Romney shills to fill it in. My front porch? My car bumper? My talking points writing staff?
So what? All you have done is point what all politicians rely on. That is ALL! Can Government run without them, no. Do they have a legitimate function, yes. Do some overstep, yes and some do not. But it is the way it is. Are there criminal activity in some, yes. Are there good and important lobbyist, yes.
that may be true, but that’s not what the AP reporter issue was about. the ap reporter said he had a lobbyist running his campaign, which is false.
Maybe Romney can do a Clinton. Maybe something like: "I did not have ties with those lobbyists, they had ties with me."
I understand your concern. However, accepting help from lobbyists is not the same as being beholden to lobbyists. Mitt Romney is a self-made man. He is not encumbered with the financial restrictions that would allow a lobbyist to gain a controlling influence over him.
Romney was lying about the “running” part too.
From the Associated Press
January 18, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican Mitt Romney said Thursday he could govern in the country’s best interest because “I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign.” But Washington insiders are on his senior staff and registered lobbyists are top advisors.
One advisor, Ron Kaufman, chairman of Washington-based Dutko Worldwide, regularly sits across the aisle from Romney on his campaign plane, participates in debate strategy sessions and last week accompanied Romney to a lunch in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).
Another advisor, former Rep. Vin Weber (R-Minn.), is chairman of Romney’s policy committee. He also is chief executive of Clark & Weinstock, and his corporate biography says he “provides strategic advice to institutions with matters before the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.”
A third advisor, former Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.), who was at Romney’s victory party in Michigan on Tuesday, is co-chairman of Fleishman-Hillard Government Relations and also is a registered lobbyist, according to federal records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
That from your new best friend Glen Johnson?
If that’s the case, then Romney certainly should have worded it better. The difference being that McCain has spent two decades in the Senate deeply enmeshed in lobbyist politics while Romney has not. However, I would definitely be interested to know if there is any evidence to indicate that any of these lobbyists have undue influence over Romney.
When a "Globeite" is right, I'm willing to admit it. Liberals are not always wrong, nor are "Republicans" always right. Maybe Romney wins some style points but Johnson wins big on substance. No amount of word parsing is going to change that.
As far as I am concerned, real conservatives do not have a dog in this fight.
No rebuttal to the published facts, naturally. Waiting for the new talking points fax?
Another lie by the Mitt man. He is one scary candidate.
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