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Mississippi ping


50 posted on 02/14/2011 2:19:41 PM PST by WKB (We have Bachmann all we need to do is "Turner" on the "Over Drive")
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To: WKB

It’s nice to see another Mississippi ping...thank you. ;o)

As far as Haley’s firm representing Mexico...so what?

That’s what lobbyists do...represent paying customers. It’s called Capitalism, people!

Frankly, politicians have made a big to do about lobbyists, not citizens. That’s how they have deflected the fact that their votes were bought and paid for. They passed the buck and blamed the lobbyists. No Congressman or Senator can say that the money lobbyists gave them was innocent, unless said money was given without strings attached. So, ultimately, the buck stops with the Congressmen and Senators who voted the “right” way just to get the money.

IOW, they sold their votes. If they didn’t believe in the issue they were supporting, they could have said, “No!”, not accepted the money offered, and voted their consciences.

Forget big corps, small businesses contribute to PACs and they have lobbyists. PACs and their lobbyists represent small businesses, and others who wouldn’t ordinarily have a voice in Washington, DC.

If Haley does run for President, he will be called the Former Lobbyist and Presidential Candidate Hayley Barbour, just as he was called the Former Lobbyist and Gubernatorial Candidate Haley Barbour. ;o)


61 posted on 02/15/2011 12:08:58 AM PST by dixiechick2000 ("First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi)
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