Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Robor
Let me get this straight. He owns the firm that's getting the donations but he's not profiting from them? Yeah, right. If your really believe that I've got land in S Florida to sell you.
until someone finds check stubs or wire transfer receipts saying otherwise, he's not only not getting his partnership share of freddie's money, he's not getting his partnership share of anything.
otherwise it's all just bullshiting and something for junkies to get their jollies off with.
Please. I expected better of you, sir.
Payments go to Davis' firm, which is a partnership. He's not receiving payment *at this time*. So what happens to the money, anyway? It stays in the firm until it's disbursed to the partners. He'll get his share before it's over.
It doesn't bother me that he's a lobbyist, or that Freddie has been paying his firm. That's largely expected and unexceptional. Nor is lobbying "evil!" by definition- it's as old as the Republic itself, actually older, becoming problematical only in the kind of quid pro quo we've seen a lot of recently. Anybody who has a particular pov to express to the congresscritters wants spokespeople who are highly persuasive and well-connected. I would, in their place. Doesn't mean that the congresscritters have to do what the lobbyists' clients want, either.
It does bother me when somebody's pissing down my leg, telling me it's raining, which is the way that the McCain campaign has been handling the whole issue of lobbyists. It's not straight talk, it's dishonest, and anybody with a lick of sense should realize that.