K Street grumbles about an entitlement culture -The Hill

[Rose Siding]

An alleged sense of entitlement among some lawmakers and aides is raising hackles on K Street.

Speaking to The Hill on condition of anonymity, more than a dozen lobbyists said there are some on Capitol Hill who actively solicit lunches, drinks and other favors from K Street and seem to regard it as their personal expense account.

“The arrogance that brought Republicans into power is arrogance that will take them out of power, and that’s what you see more of on the Hill,” said a former GOP aide-turned-corporate lobbyist.
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...A Senate staffer, who was having dinner at the Capital Grille, noticed a lobbyist across the bar, walked over to him and handed him his bill.
...Another lobbyist said a former senior leadership aide would “call to have lunch with you and bring staff with her. She’ll eat lunch and have to run and go to another meeting. … You’re happy to do it, but it’s rude not even pretending that the lunch is not for business.”

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/060705/kstreet.html

[Bob3]

1. oh you have to be kidding -

These clowns are actually complaining that the price of buying congress has gone up.
My heart bleeds.

[AlGore-08.com]

2. Just outsource another company to China, you'll recoup your losses

C'mon K street - - think INSIDE the box!

:sarcasm:

[DiverDave]

3. Show em who's boss!

not another nickle...as if thats gonna happen.

[fasttense]

4. I just don't know where to begin with this.

It's too amazing:

That the people who paid for the repukes' election, are upset the repukes still expect them to pay.

That congressmen are so casual about taking money and benefits from lobbyists that the cash cows are actually complaining.

That we have a system where people with money buy people with power.

Just amazing.

[Rose Siding]

7. They are ticked because of GOP focus on "social issues"

Repubs should have seen this coming.

[UpInArms]

5. What? Lobbyists are complaining about the cost of

maintaining their whores?

:rofl:

[getmeouttahere]

12. Yeah, shut your collective pie-holes, lobbyists!

It's either don't bite the dick that feeds you, or don't take it in the first place!

Oh, was I supposed to say "hand" there?

[Robbien]

13. K Street is just trying to follow the business trend of cutting wages of

the people who work for them. Got to keep one's eye on the bottom line. Congressman watch out, minimum wage and McDonalds are in your future.

[Rose Siding]

18. Who will unionize first?

Congress members or lobbyists :D

[gratuitous]

6. Oh, please!

This just boggles the imagination. There are just plain no words to do it justice.

[DemoTex]

8. Feeding the beast they spawned ..

Note to K-streeters: Don't bitch with your mouthful. It isn't polite. Know what I mean, Vern?

[donkeyotay]

9. Cry me a river

Several GOP aides and lobbyists said Warren Tryon, a senior aide to Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), had earned the nickname “Mayor of Capitol Hill” because of his regular appearances at social events, fundraisers and corporate-sponsored trips. Tryon laughed and acknowledged the nickname but declined further comment.

His travel records show that the National Association of Security Dealers and Clear Channel paid for a trip each in 2003 to New York City; banking company ING gave him a ticket to a Yankees game; the National Cable Television Association flew him to Portland, Maine; and Citigroup sent him to The Lakes, Nev., to tour a credit-card center.

The National Association of Realtors and Security Industry Association paid for separate trips for Tryon to Florida. Clear Channel sent him to Los Angeles, Seattle Home Loan Bank took him to Seattle, and the Switzerland Visitor Agency flew him to Bern, Switzerland.

[Jacobin]

10. I hate Johns who complain about paying their whores

Tacky. Very tacky.

These congresscritters spread their legs for the corporatocracy, and the corporatocracy is too cheap to buy them lunch.

[Brooklyn Michael]

11. Lobbyist: "We KNOW they're filthy whores...."

...."but do they have to act like them? It makes us Lobbyists feel so DIRTY."

Well, cry me a fucking river.....:cry:

[Norquist Nemesis]

14. And the lobbyists are surprised???

They cowed to pressure from DeLay to hire only Republicans. That was their first mistake.

They made their bed when they decided to lay down with the pigs at the trough.

[NNguyenMD]

15. reminds me of Pharmaceutical Company Representatives

who loiter in the lobby of the doctor's office donning a mini-skirt, big smile, and tray full of food.

And you can bet the doc's more than happy to give her his 20 plus minutes of uninterrupted attention.

[Straight Shooter]

16. As my mom used to say, "You made your bed, now lie in it."

Take some personal responsibility for your actions, or is that only for the peons of America?

[meow2u3]

17. STP to lobbyists: You created this monster

Now STHU!