I hear some of you asking yourselves what it would take to be an ‘access manager’. All you need to do is to become a Democrat Party hack. Once you’re trusted, the world flows to you. You will be named a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics or at the New Politics Institute, a think tank of the New Democrat Network. You’ll be appointed to serve on the advisory board to nonpartisan organizations such as Why Tuesday? that encourages increased voter participation. Or You’ll get a fellowship to Media Matters, the Big George Soros organization that delivers talking points to the Donkeys in the media every day. Eventually you’ll found a consultancy. You may become a contributor on CNN (the most trusted name in news).
When you travel to foreign lands you will be treated by various heads of state as a visiting prince as you arrive in the Gulfstream 6 that they sent for you to travel in. Nothing is too good for you. Your particular sexual tastes will be indulged (in the extreme), the finest liquor, the best chefs in the world, and you’ll leave with new gold wrist watches, baubles and trinkets. Maybe a new Rolls Royce or Ferrari, depending on how you roll. They’ll be in the driveway of your mansion when you return, keys in the ignition, properly registered and insured.
I want to find a nice car, keys in the ignition, properly registered, in my driveway, thanks to some Arab sheik. Life would be good, materially at least, even if my soul were dead and buried.
An acquaintance back in the day was a bagman for Mayor Wes Uhlman, Seattle. West Seattle was served by a draw bridge over the Duwamish channel until the bridge was damaged beyond repair. One evening over beverages he said, "Now we are actually building a damned bridge, it hardly pays to be in politics".
ReplyDeleteGuess the only thing that changes is the scale of corruption.
You drive a dream car around CW...
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