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sailingaway
09-24-2010, 05:31 PM
"Mr. Wild, until April of this year, was a registered lobbyist working for some of the most entrenched special interests in Washington. Now he’s on House Republican Leader John Boehner’s (Ohio) government payroll and responsible for the “Pledge.”

Huffington Post’s Sam Stein reports that Wild, as a lobbyist at the Nickels Group, “was paid $740,000 in lobbying contracts from AIG, the former insurance company at the heart of the financial collapse; $800,000 from energy giant Andarko Petroleum; more than $1.1 million from Comcast; more than $1.3 million from Exxon Mobil; and $625,000 from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc.” Wild has been in and out of the influence-peddling game — having served on the government payrolls of a number of Republican members of Congress (Pat Toomey, Hank Brown) and even Vice President Dick Cheney. Between government payroll gigs, he served as a lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and represented major utilities and mining organizations."

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/120593-gop-blueprint-bashes-special-interests-written-by-special-interests

Stary Hickory
09-24-2010, 05:44 PM
Well the Contract(whatever it is) is still more fiscally same than what we have now. And the GOP will run things more fiscally sane. And they won't repeat what they did under Bush. Keep in mind they felt justified in big spending when a war was going on.

You know attacked on American soil (what like second time in history on such a scale) 2,000 dead. They got all worked up and in large part thanks to Neocons like Cheney. Bush was never very bright and was not much a leader he freaks out and attacks the entire middle east. Spending gets out of control but meanwhile the GOP thinks it's WWII all over again and they can already see the glory they will have after the wars, just like after WW2.

WW2 is a big deal for neocons, it was when America "asserted" herself making all the Neocons feels so proud. It's why they are so eager for war..they want glory and to feel like they alone can save America from it's enemies.

Matt Collins
09-24-2010, 05:49 PM
The Daily Caller came out with this yesterday:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/23/seven-important-things-to-know-about-the-gops-pledge/

erowe1
09-24-2010, 09:27 PM
And they won't repeat what they did under Bush. Keep in mind they felt justified in big spending when a war was going on.


1) As surely as a drunk will go back to his drink they will repeat what they did under Bush, and this pledge is proof that that's exactly what they intend to do. 2000-2006 weren't some Republican aberration. They were par for the party. We're the aberration, and our ilk always have been.
2) There still is a war going on, and if that's all the excuse they need to keep spending more money and growing government, they'll make sure there always is one.
3) They had major fiscal disasters in those years that were not war related, especially Medicare Part D, which was something Bush campaigned on in 2000 when he thought he'd be a peace president.

LibertyMage
09-24-2010, 09:47 PM
Most legislation is written by lobbyists.

sailingaway
09-24-2010, 10:18 PM
Most legislation is written by lobbyists.

And using one to write the pledge shows more than anything else could just how deeply they fail to 'get it'.