Comments on: From lobbyists’ pens to legislators’ lips

By: Locke

Locke — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:29:56 +0000

Um – verbatim talking points should be the least of our concerns. How about verbatim legislation – considering lobbyists commonly write large chunks of what “our” Congress passes. And it’s not like the people we voted for actually read the bills anyway.

By: forgotmyscreenname

forgotmyscreenname — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:04:53 +0000

What was different about the statements they drafted for each party?

That’s just lazy. Couldn’t they even be bothered to retype it (or cut and paste) and slap it on their own letterhead. {Figuratively speaking of course.}