At Least Some Politicians Tell the Truth

For those who missed Gov. Brian Schweitzer's (D) appearance on Lou Dobbs' show last night, check out the transcript, or read the review in the local papers up here in Montana. It was quite a refreshing exchange - and shows that at least some politicians are willing to speak the truth about how Corporate America has hijacked our government.

My favorite part of the interview was when Schweitzer said:

"[We have] a government for where you get the most money. It's about getting reelected. It's about getting the special interest to pony up...Look, you've got to get the big dollars out of this thing...When I ran for governor of Montana, I said I'm not taking any PAC money. No PAC. It wasn't just corporate. No PAC money from any source. Because I wanted to be in a position after election of being able to say, look, nobody buys their way to the front of the line. We'll do what's right for the people of Montana...This whole business, these lobbyists, this has become almost legalized bribery. What happening is, these lobbyists they get special interests to hire them. And they give them large sums of money, six, 10, 12, $15,000 a month. And they get a dozen clients like that. And then those lobbyists in turn give money to the leadership PACs that these folks in Washington, D.C. have. So, all it is is a way of moving the bag money to a new source. This is a system that most people in America think is -- it smells pretty bad."