[antimedia] antimedia: Ah, blessed relief....

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Posted by antimedia:
Ah, blessed relief....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1204696862.shtml


   ....is here, if only temporarily, now that the primaries are over here
   in Texas. (Although with all the threats of lawsuits flying around,
   the subject will still be bandied about for a while.)
   Of all the ads we had to mute, the one that irritated me the most was
   Obama's ad about not taking money from lobbyists. First of all,
   [1]it's not true, his [2]denials and pontification notwithstanding.
   But what irks me a great deal more is the pandering to the ignorance
   of the uninformed voters who seem to make up the majority of the
   Democrat's supporters.
   Lobbyists, like businessmen, are easy targets for demagoguing,
   especially when your audience is comprised of unquestioning boobs. But
   what is a lobbyist? We all know that oil companies and chemical
   companies and the NRA have lobbyists. The Democrats remind us of that
   every day.
   What they don't mention is lobbyists like the AARP, the ACLU, Planned
   Parenthood, every union in America, The Gay and Lesbian organizations
   and on and on ad infinitum ad nauseum on the liberal side of the
   aisle.
   But they also don't mention the many other lobbyists who represent
   Americans like you and me. The Dairy Farmers Association, the Milk
   Producers Association, the Software Developers Association, The
   Veterans of Foreign Wars, The AMVets, The [3]National Council of
   Social Security Management Associations (bet you hadn't heard of that
   one.) They number in the thousands.
   Lobbyists, contrary to the Democrats' tendentious claims, work hard
   for you and me every day. They provide the details (yes, with their
   bias applied) that our legislators don't have the time to learn before
   passing the bills that they've never even read.
   Take away lobbyists and only the wealthy will have a voice in
   Washington. You won't hear Obama saying that. But do you honestly
   think that, if he is elected, you'll be able to send him an email and
   he will consider your concerns carefully? What's the chances of that
   happening as opposed to say, someone representing American military
   veterans getting an audience with him to discuss VA funding?
   What the Democrats do, both with CEOs and with lobbyists, is pick the
   most egregious examples they can find and make them the exemplar for
   the whole profession. They could care less about the truth. They want
   to stir up your emotions, build your hatred toward a certain class of
   people and motivate you to support them in their supposedly valiant
   efforts to eliminate those evil people (while taking their money,
   dining with them and traveling around the world in their jets.)
   If you believe them, I've got some property in Wisconsin I'd like to
   sell you.
   Tags: [4]Obama [5]lobbyists [6]lies [7]hypocrisy [8]demagoguery

References

   1. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/08/09/pacs_and_lobbyists_aided_obamas_rise/?page=2
   2. http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/obamas_lobbyist_line.php
   3. http://www.ncssma.org/pra/Why%20A%20Lobbyist.htm
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Obama
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/lobbyists
   6. http://technorati.com/tag/lies
   7. http://technorati.com/tag/hypocrisy
   8. http://technorati.com/tag/demagoguery