Oh, this is good. Joe Biden has a lobbyist problem.
Biden Claimed He Does Not Meet With Lobbyists.
Biden: "I believe this to be true - I just speak for myself, is that I don't meet with lobbyists, I don't meet with lobbyists. It started off as an accident because early on in my career, I didn't have time to do it and I've just never done it. My staff does. And I don't mean, when I say lobbyists, I didn't meet with interest groups out there, my staff does." (CNN's "American Morning," 9/4/08)
But in December of 2007...
"Lobbyists aren't bad people. Special interest groups are not bad people. But guess what? They're corrosive. People who accept money from them aren't bad people. But it's human nature. You go out Lynn and bundle $250,000 for me, all legal, and then you call me after I'm elected and say, 'Joe, I'd like to talk to you about something.' You didn't buy me, but it's human nature, you helped me. I'm going to say, 'Sure Lynn, come on in.' Just like by the way, if I turn around and I'm elected President of the United States of America and you call me and say, 'Joe, I want to come and see you', I'm going to see you. You helped me. You didn't raise me 250 bucks but you put your neck out for me. So they are not bad people. But what it does mean - it means that, the front of the line is always filled by people whose pockets are filled. People who are special interests."
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This can't help the image that most people already have of Joe Biden = Washington.