    Personal finance involves many considerations… especially during an election cycle when whomever is elected may have a great influence on our pocketbooks in terms of taxes and government spending. But I was bothered by this news bit yesterday and wanted to comment.  Remember during the 1990’s when someone famously said, “That depends on what the meaning of the word is is…?”  Now we’re not talking about the same, well, life passions perhaps. But when it comes to politics, few things stir the passions of voters as much as candidates who are funded and run by lobbyists (which many of them are on both sides of the aisle). Yesterday, in the middle of a speaking to reporters at an office supply store in South Carolina, Romney says “I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign…” and was shortly interrupted by an AP reporter who challenged that comment. It seems Romney does have lobbyists riding around with his campaign, on his jets and as an advisor. Oh, and maybe as a friend.  But not someone actually running his campaign.Â
“Did you hear what I said? Did you hear what I said, Glen?” Romney asked. “I said I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign, and he’s not running my campaign.”Â
Uh…. okay.  If you say so. It’s hard to understand how someone can criticize so many others for having lobbyists running their campaigns, but it’s perfectly alright to be surrounded by them, and to have them as advisors?  And in this case, his advisor (not lobbyist mind you), is Chairman of a communications firm called Dutko Worldwide. Which, among other things, has been reported as being a federal lobbying firm for Citgo… the U.S. based company from Venezuela?  How much money has Citgo paid to Dutko over the years?  Something else that bothered me… the way Romney challenged the AP reporter. Easy to get defensive when you’re caught with your hand in the cookie jar. And I guess it depends on what the meaning of the word lobbyist is?
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