Wonder if Pool Boy Vandehei and Open Mike Allen have sore assholes after Charles Pierce just ripped 'em new ones. And of course Pierce, as always, is spot on; one doubts that anyone has ever looked askance at the variety of legislative NRA watercarriers cluttering the halls of Congress, yet there's an issue about the propriety of citizens using direct advocacy to put their agenda forth?
It's probably safe to assume that for Vandehei and Allen, the concern is not so much ideological as it is professional -- it costs so much to run for and stay in office, in a city where lobbyists outnumber legislators by four or five to one, that they are genuinely perplexed when amateurs attempt to get in on the racket. It makes sense that their coverage of this issue is vapid and insensitive and lacking in humanity; certainly it's the environment in which their craft has been honed.
It's probably safe to assume that for Vandehei and Allen, the concern is not so much ideological as it is professional -- it costs so much to run for and stay in office, in a city where lobbyists outnumber legislators by four or five to one, that they are genuinely perplexed when amateurs attempt to get in on the racket. It makes sense that their coverage of this issue is vapid and insensitive and lacking in humanity; certainly it's the environment in which their craft has been honed.
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