Lobbying Pillows

"You can't please all the people all the time, so you might as well please the pharmaceutical lobby."

Senator Yomp...constituents - by appointment only. Lobbyists - COME RIGHT IN!

'We could invest in pollution control technology or hire a really good lobbyist.'

'I could run for office, but as a lobbyist, why would I want to give up all my power?'

'I guess it's official now. No one in this town actually makes anything anymore.'

"The whole time I served in the US congress, I dreamed of exactly this: being a wealthy lobbyist sitting here with you."

'Nothing is what it seems down here. Most people are nudist speleologists, but I lobby for the pharmaceutical industry.'

'Let the politicians fight. The lobbyists and bureaucrats will continue to run the government.'

'This won't take long, Senator -- I'm a single-issue nut.'

'Lobbyist for 'Big Sugar' is here to see you, congressman. . .'

'What a great day to cower before the gun lobby and other powerful interest groups!'

Uber Files

"He's a lobbyist for the defense industry."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"Good boy."

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

"Let me assure you that my congressional delegation and I are devoting our full attention to the harmful effects of e-cigarettes. . ."

Oligarchy

Political convention

'Ah, it's so precious to witness a child learn how government actually works...'

Gun laws US

Crony Capitalism (Always Follow the Money Trail)

'Powdery stuff? Oh, that's egg substitute, from the Vegan lobby.'

A political promise is intended to be a golden egg...Which is kept in a pork barrel and after an election...Hatches into a dead duck before...it turns invisible so it can quietly vanish.

"It looks like a perfectly balanced system to me."

Benedict & Associates: Communication Strategies, Lobbying. . .

"It's time to get politics out of money."

'What's the difference? Some people call it privatizing government. Others call it super pacs buying congressmen.'

'Everyone distrusts spin. . . so let's go back to old-fashioned lying.'

'That's correct Shaun. The government is comprised of 5 branches...the executive, legislative, judicial, lobbyist and media.'

"Don't worry! He's totally changed..."

'We will not be disarmed by gun control! We will not be stripped naked and left at the mercy of a tyrannical government!'

"If we gave them press freedom they'd only want democracy too..."

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