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Glenn wrote:
Do you think that those who want the CIA to retain "robust" interrogation and who want the federal surveillance state maintained, or want a hard-line towards Iran and a continuation of our Middle East policies, or who want to maintain corporate-lobbyist-domination of Washington, are sitting back saying: "it's not right to pressure Obama too much right now; give him some time"?
That's the best point I've seen made on the need to remain continuously vocal. There are lobbyists getting paid a lot of money to live in Washington DC and do this 24/7. They will do it behind the scenes... they will do it in the editorial pages of newspapers, and television news. They will get "weasel words" put into AP news stories to convey their messages to the people. They aren't going to let up, so why should anyone else?
The price of decent government is eternal vigilance by the people it serves. It is otherwise TOO EASY for politicians to skew policy in favor of those who pay to play.
