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TYT | Congresswoman's Voicemail: Where's My Bribe?

submitted by Procrastinatron
1 decade 8 months 3 weeks ago

(Description via YouTube)

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton left a voicemail for a lobbyist in which she brazenly begs for a "contribution." It's a not-so-subtle reminder of how legalized bribery is the standard operating procedure in Washington. Until money is taken out of politics, this kind of corruption will only get worse and worse. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

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Didn't this happen 2-3 years ago?

Does look at least a few years old
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Politics/dialing-dollars-democratic-rep-asks-lobbyist-campaign-cash/story?id=11655808

Didn't this happen 2-3 years ago?

Procrastinatron says...

Wow. I wonder why the folks over at TYT are treating it like news, then.

Still, it remains a pretty good example of how America's legislative system works.

Oh, and @eric3579 - thanks for the link!

sanderbos says...

This voice mail was also played and analyzed in an episode of the radio show This American Life:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/461/take-the-money-and-run-for-office
If you're interested in this stuff I heartily recommend this episode, for me it was an eye-opener.
It talks about how organized the fund raising from lobbyists is, and how it is more organized by policians than by lobbyists.
And (if I recall correctly) this also explains part of Eleanor Holmes Norton's call, senior members of influential committees are expected to raise more money, and then redistribute that money among less influential policians within the party. Holmes Norton also mentions that in some part of the voice mail (not played by Cenk), that she has had criticicisms from other politicians that she was not pulling her fund raising weight.

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