Time To Consider McCain-Feingold-Wiggles Legislation
June 3, 2008 at 8:39 am
Congressional corruption: Et tu, Wiggle?
We learn this from the Washington Post:
The chief of staff to a former senior member of the House Appropriations Committee pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to commit fraud, becoming the latest casualty of the scandal centered on disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
John C. Albaugh admitted to accepting gifts — including tickets to sporting events, concerts by groups such as the Wiggles and a Disney on Ice show — in exchange for helping lobbyists and their clients, according to prosecutors.
The Wiggles? Disney on Ice? Having sat through too many of these shows myself, it never occurred to me that either the Wiggles or Disney on Ice could be currency for influencing our legislative branch. Then again, upon further reflection, attending enough of the shows just might get me to rethink my absolutist support for freedom of speech.
That would probably make me not a Tory but a Whig-gle.
Diego Makes It Across The Border said,
June 3, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
“The Wiggles? Disney on Ice? Having sat through too many of these shows myself, it never occurred to me that either the Wiggles or Disney on Ice could be currency for influencing our legislative branch.”
Well, some poor Hill staffers can’t afford such luxury items as can His Extremeness.
Dude: Wanna impress Patrick “Leaky” Leahy? Take him to a Grateful Dead show & tell him Jerry’s back!