Here is Hillary Clinton’s we-are-just-like-Republicans moment.
"A lot of those lobbyists, whether you like it or not, represent real Americans... such as nurses, teachers and others who need a voice in the halls of government, " she added.
No Hillary, They Do NOT Represent Real Americans.
I work in a company that deals in lobbying. Lobbyists from the entertainment industry, insurance industry and pharmaceutical industries are in our offices all year long.
Senator Clinton,
They
Do
NOT
Represent
Real
Americans.
They
Represent
Real
Corporations.
They
Do
Not
Care
About
Anything
But
Money.
Lobbyists are making public policy, as a friend says, but the public isn’t invited. They have access to legislators and government officials virtually by power of the dollar. They aren’t getting into these meetings with letters and pleas. They are getting into these meetings with promises of new boats and decks and trips and legislation they want passed. Even John Murtha, my hero, is a lobbyists dream. He shares pork with them all the time.
Lobbyists win because they work in the dark and so no one can see what they’re doing. That said, you have no idea what you might lose if you don’t know what the game is to begin with. Lobbyists have literally rewritten law so it benefits corporations and hurts you.
Yet Hillary- who will say anything and do anything to be president defends them. Because she needs them just like the Republicans need and she is willing to strip away your rights to get to that money and power, and she is willing make deals with the devil.
Hillary proposed a flag burning amendment not long ago and it failed to get the support she was looking for from those who watch Tucker Carlson and Glenn Beck.
What does this tell you that the front running Democrat is about 10 centimeters different from the nearest wingnut? It tells us that our political systems is incestuous and broken and Hillary Clinton is part of the broken system. She has learned to survive inside that broken system.
You might vote for Hillary when she gets the nomination. But don’t expect her to close Gitmo or restore habeas corpus. Hillary might not cause the damage to the Constitution that Bush did but she won’t be that much different.
If you still don’t believe me, then just ponder the words "...lobbyists represent real people."
UPDATE: Yes, there are a few lobbying firms that help us.