Another swing and miss...

It seems that the newly minted House Majority Leader John Boehner rents a basement apartment from a lobbyist whose clients had an interest in legislation overseen or sponsored by Boehner (R-OH) who pays $1,600 a month rent for the apartment owned by lobbyist John Milne and his wife, Debra Anderson. (I am shocked! Shocked to find gambling in this establishment!)

Boehner, it should be noted, is heavily involved in GOP efforts to reform lobbying rules which have been born as a consequence of influence peddling by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff (Remember him? The black trench coat, black fedora wearing lobbyist who looks like he just walked off the pages of a Mickey Spillane novel… or at least WANTS to look like he just walked off the pages of a Mickey Spillane novel) This is THE Abramoff, the lobbyist who has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in a Capitol Hill corruption investigation after pleading guilty to conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud last month.

Lobbying records show that Milne represented a couple of restaurant companies in their lobbying on the minimum wage… which is handled by the Education and the Workforce Committee… which just happens to be chaired by… who can guess? Anyone? Anyone? How about you there in the back… you know it; Boehner (you see how all of this is tying together now?)

Once again the GOP strikes and misses. They have an opportunity to spin things in a positive light and elect someone to take over for disgraced (and disgruntled) Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) who isn’t in bed with a bunch of lobbyists (which is easier said than done, I know)

The thing that is aggravating many people isn’t necessarily the fact Boehner has ties with lobbyists (I mean, let's get real now, you show me a politician who doesn’t has ties with any lobbyists and I’ll show you a poor politician) but the way Boehner tried to paint himself as someone who is clean and not tainted by the wicked ways of lobbying…

You got it wrong again (right)wing-nuts… wrong again…