The latest (Monday's) Wall Street Journal editorial (who owns that rag now?) has handed down "the line" from up high:
Hillary's Finest Hour
August 13, 2007; Page A14
Hillary Clinton has been catching heat for refusing to swear off campaign cash from lobbyists, with critics accusing her of being a stooge of corporate and special interests. We'd say she deserves some credit...
Read on, although this will cause a headache to anyone of conscience...
The newly-owned-by-Rupert Murdoch Wall Street Journal has just tipped its hand:
At last week's YearlyKos event, former Senator John Edwards stooped for an easy applause line by challenging his fellow candidates to refuse donations from "Washington lobbyists." Mrs. Clinton refused to take the sound-bite bait. When asked if she'd continue taking such cash, she replied: "Yes I will because, you know, a lot of those lobbyists, whether you like it or not, represent real Americans. They actually do. They represent nurses. They represent social workers. Yes, they represent corporations that employ a lot of people."
Her answer was met with jeers, but what Mrs. Clinton was daring to tell her left-wing audience is that lobbyists are an essential means by which average Americans transmit their political concerns to Washington, and in turn hold their elected Representatives accountable.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
I have little "discuss" left: just disgust.