Posted on 01/19/2008 7:29:06 AM PST by jdm
Which one of these 13 lobbyists is running Romney’s campaign?
How many lobbyists does it take to change a perception?
Romney is still right. He does not have lobbyists “running’ his campaign. So what did Johnson get right? Perhaps if he would have phrased his objection some other way, but he just stepped in it. Romney never said he did not have lobbyists raising money, they just don’t call the shots. Johnson should have been more specific.
” .... making a fairly debunkable claim that he has no ties to lobbyists?”
That’s not what he said. He said his campaign wasn’t being run by lobbyists. Any candidate who doesn’t have lobbyists working for his campaign would be a naive fool. The extend of a lobbyist on a campaign is a whole other question.
It would be nice to see one media outlet where they understand what is said, instead of twisting and spinning to achieve their ends.
This “right” newspaper endorsed mccain.
I have had all the stinking straightalk express i can handle, puke.
Let me guess, you’re a Fred Thompson supporter. Right?
you meant to say: “The extent of a lobbyist’s influence on a campaign ...” doofus
Aren't we all?
"Regardless of whether they "run" the campaign, these lobbyists have helped fund it, and that makes the anti-lobbyist rhetoric somewhat hypocritical, regardless of the parsing of the word "run"."
From http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/01/17/semantics/ :
Romney specifically said “I don’t have lobbyists that are TIED to my –” before being interrupted. Obviously the missing word is “campaign.”
Romney then admitted that Ron Kaufman is TIED to his campaign by when he acknowledged that Kaufman is an “adviser,” and again later when he agreed that Kaufman has been in debate preparation(s).
But then, Romney tried to pretend he only said “running,” when everyone in the room, and now every video viewer, clearly saw him say “tied to.”
AP reporter Johnson is right. He caught Romney red-handed.
Interesting. You condemn Romney for allowing a lobbyist to work for his campaign, while at the same time support a candidate who is actually a lobbyist. Nice.
And Romney said "tied", not "run". He's not just parsing his remark, he's falsifying it.
AP reporter Johnson made himself the center of attention. Mission accomplished.
Romney specifically said “I don’t have lobbyists that are TIED to my –” before being interrupted.
Busted.
For lying about the lobbyists tied to his campaign.
Let me guess, you're a subject-changer right (whenever the MSM catches Romney in yet another lie)
Right. (And if your new hybrid vehicle only took "corn-y" gas from a special pump at a gas station chain called Lobbyist, we all know that Lobbyist wouldn't be "running" your hybrid, either, eh?)
Really? What was the lie, exactly?
Complaining about lobbyists is nothing more than thinly veiled class envy these days. Lobbyists have a purpose and because of some famously unethical lobbyists hooking up with some famously unethical legislators and bureaucrats the whole lot gets treated like scum.
By this logic FRed should be tarred and feathered... he was a lawyer, a lobbyist, and then played a lawyer on TV! OMG! I wonder if he is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.... a UNION!
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