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all right time for a corruption alert Monsanto has hired former
democratic senator Blanche Lincoln as
a lobbyist she I am yeah
she blacked her position in the senate and she now is a lobbyist
and political influence reported that the agricultural giant Monsanto
the telecom Titan Comcast and an
oil refiner Valero have all signed on as clients at Lincoln policy group
where Blanche Lincoln is the the head lobbyist
the lobbyist in charge I hate this that this Louis really is
number one again she's a democrat and we've got an oil company a huge
up agriculture company and the the
telecom company Comcast this crosses party lines
these companies want to buy influence however they can both Democrats and
Republicans are susceptible to the same stuff
now I'm not gonna personally attack Blanche Lincoln because if I
were a senator and I left and I could make 500,000 a year
a million dollars a year five million dollars a year whatever it is that she
get paid doing this new
lobbying firm I would probably do it too because he said you know what
understand that what we're doing is the best thing but
I didn't create a system that allows for it I'm just trying to get some money
build a nice nest egg so I have something to pass along to my family I
don't really blame
Blanche Lincoln personally but this is a microcosm of the problem that crosses
crosses party lines this is on both sides
and it's sickening in now you have as if
Monsanto Comcast and Valero need more direct
access to lawmakers they now have it and they have this direct line and it's
absolutely sickening and this is the worst American government it is ugly and
you're right that payday would be
would be hard to pass up I am bytes
we'll see what happens if it wasn't her it would be someone else that's right I
guess I can't really be angry either
is just how the system S corporations have a stranglehold on both political
parties there are some specific
issues where the stranglehold on the right is stronger than on the left for
example
the religious lobbies with being against marriage equality and abortion but but
for the most part Louis
money can buy by either side up the aisle
in congress and that that's the reality and we have to be aware of this and it
absolutely sickening and here's an example so congratz to Blanche Lincoln
or her three big New I'm sure very well paying
clients