I have to pass this along because I don’t think I’ve ever seen the sink of corruption that is Washington so blatantly acknowledged. Via Firedoglake, this is language that a Washington bribery lobbyist firm uses to promote its services:
The C2 Group, recognizing the increasing reliance and need for campaign funds, has stepped into this fundraising void to assist party leaders and specific candidates. Unlike many firms, the partners of the C2 Group, working closely with their clients, host and co-host dozens of fundraising events each campaign cycle raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for select candidates and Members of Congress. Our high profile in this area has secured critical recognition from party leaders and Members of Congress as a “go to” firm that responds on behalf of those Members of Congress that are critical to our clients.
Like a bikini, this doesn’t leave much for the imagination. The thrust of the piece at Firedoglake is that this firm has a very close relationship with the so-called Blue Dog Democrats, a group of politicians who give dogs a very bad name. But the problem obviously goes beyond that group, as grasping as some of them seem to be. There’s something fundamentally broken about a system in which bribery need be so thinly disguised.
We’ve all heard the old saying that “money talks”. It’s both figuratively and literally true. This legalized bribery is hard to stop because the Supreme Court has too often equated the right to speak with the right to spend. Publicly funded campaigns are the only solution, but the corruption is so ingrained that there’s no chance that will ever happen
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