Monday, January 3, 2011

In Case You Missed it: Wisconsin's #1 Tea Partier's Hypocrisy

The opening paragraphs of this Washington Post story about our new US Senator Ron Johnson sure are keepers:

New Republican lawmakers are hiring lobbyists, despite campaign rhetoric



Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 8, 2010; 10:52 PM
 
"During his campaign to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate, GOP nominee Ron Johnson accused Democratic incumbent Russell Feingold (D) of being "on the side of special interests and lobbyists."

"After promising voters that he would reform the culture of lobbying in Washington, instead Senator Feingold embraced lobbyists and declared himself to be on their side," a Johnson spokeswoman said at the time.

"But after defeating Feingold, Johnson himself has turned to K Street for help - hiring homeland security lobbyist Donald H. Kent Jr. as his chief of staff."

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