Which one of these 13 lobbyists is running Romney’s campaign?
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.
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!
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.
Another lie by the Mitt man. He is one scary candidate.
I wonder what FreeRepublic is going to do when they finally realize that Mitt Romney’s ultimate success may depend on Fred Thompson. Will FR prefer Huckabee or McCain or Giuliani to Mitt Romney? I think not. FR’s fierce hatred of Mitt Romney is way out of balance with reality. And I am beginning to like Fred more and more.
From the conflicting comments on this thread, it looks like Grungeboy drew blood after all. It’s a shame that stunts like this by otherwise mediocre types seem to drive American politics these days, but when the media pushes it and folks on both sides react to it what are you supposed to do?