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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:25 PM Original message |
Lobbyists ask candidates to give them a break |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not a chance.......I want lobbyist to be viewed like used car salesman. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Actually, more like prostitutes |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. the right to petition the government, to lobby.......... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Has there ever been a SC ruling on lobbyists, aka "professional petitoners"? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Has there ever been a SC ruling on lobbyists? No, but on corporations |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Corporate personhood wasn't the decision handed down |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. No, the court didn't decide that |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. J.C. Bancroft Davis was his name |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. The people's right to petition is in the Constitution. Corporations have no such |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. The problem is that corporations are persons under the law. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pfft.. Tell them to get a REAL job. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not all lobbyists are equal... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Definitely.. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Lobbyists Represent Real People!!! |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have a better idea. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh for the love of Dog |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. They want a break? Right leg or left arm... |
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