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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Reason Why Dozens of Lobbyists Will Be Democratic Presidential Delegates [View all]Eko
(8,324 posts)50. Naw, thats not what you said.
"he will choose the candidate who is in favor of the positions he is lobbying for. " Not best for his pocketbook, but what the candidates positions are already on. There are lobbyists who represent unions, Sanders is very pro union, those lobbyists would gravitate to him because of his positions. Alphabet Inc is the parent company of Google, they are the top contributor to Sanders, they have 84 lobbyists. Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union is Sanders 3rd biggest contributor, they have 4 lobbyists. I could keep going but I think you get the point. Is Sanders for sale? Is that what you think?
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The Reason Why Dozens of Lobbyists Will Be Democratic Presidential Delegates [View all]
eridani
May 2016
OP
Bullshit, I'm active and am always called to help. I get my one vote, no more.
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#44
I'm against superdelegates in general and especially lobbyists being superdelegates
A Little Weird
May 2016
#43
Someone running for the office of the presidency should definitely not be a superdelegate
A Little Weird
May 2016
#57
It certasinly does not disqualify them as voters. It disqualifies them as potential
eridani
May 2016
#24
Because a filmmaker should probably be able to release a documentary about a candidate during an
Recursion
May 2016
#28
You're saying she was corrupted by the LGBT advocacy groups she's worked for?
Recursion
May 2016
#35
I am saying tht salaried lobbyists should have no more influence than their individual vote n/t
eridani
May 2016
#36
No one who gets paid to influence the political process, regardless of actual profession. n/t
eridani
May 2016
#38
Why should your vote be equal to theirs? They literally do the work of the party
Recursion
May 2016
#77
My neighborhood has a lobbyist, he helped sort through Gov. grants & we got a new road.
Sunlei
May 2016
#7
several million dollars of stimulus money, couple years of road projects/plans and 'jobs'.
Sunlei
May 2016
#76
I don't like Corporations intruding into our electoral process by gaining voting rights. nt
silvershadow
May 2016
#26