Rush Limbaugh Quotes
That's why they're in the problem - having the problem they're having. They're not conservative. They're being run by their donors.
Limbaugh, Rush. The Rush Limbaugh Show. Premiere Networks, 2015.
Wisconsin had a particularly tough lobbying law which was to be administered by the secretary of state, who found himself in the embarrassing position of discovering that he, himself, had technically violated the law by sending a signed, political mailing to a lobbyist. He turned himself in, and paid a $50 fine.
Hollings who was one of the senior experienced senators was offended by the degree to which the George W. Bush Administration and the Republican leadership had turned to lobbyists to draft legislation and amendments to pending legislation. Lobbyists often have specialized information that members of Congress do not have, so there has been in modern times communications between lobbyists and members of Congress and their staffs. However, during the Bush Presidency the practice reached an extreme where lobbyists would even write the legislative language and give it to the members in whom they had invested by giving them large campaign contributions and many perks. K Street is the fanciest street in Washington DC with some of the most expensive office space. A substantial proportion of the lobbyists have K Street offices, hence the metaphor.
At the time this was a very widely held, bipartisan view. See {634818} . Given statements like this, TR if he were alive today would never be able to get the Republican Nomination for President; nor could he obtain the Democratic Nomination because of his view on the military, expansionism, defense spending and war.
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was an American radio personality, conservative political commentator, author, and television show host. He was best known as the host of The Rush Limbaugh Show, which was nationally syndicated on AM and FM radio stations.
