17 January 2008
Glen Johnson is Out of Control
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2008; Uncategorized; What's News .
I have just read an article that was a twist of truths from beginning to end. The point of the article by Glen Johnson was to call Romney a liar for asserting that he is not a Washington insider.
“Romney Criticizes Rivals Lobbyists” By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican Mitt Romney said Thursday he could govern in the country’s best interest because “I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign,” although Washington insiders are on his senior staff and registered lobbyists are top advisers.
Today I watched a video of an exchange between a very rude and out of control reporter, Glen Johnson. He accused Romney of having a campaign run by lobbyists. Romney corrected him firmly but politely, explaining that his campaign manager was running his campaign. Johnson then said that he had a senior staffer who was a lobbyist. Again, Romney corrected him and said that the lobbyist was an unpaid, part-time adviser and was not on his senior staff. He even took Johnson to his plane where he showed him an organizational chart. Notice above that with a twist of words, Johnson implies that the lobbyist is on the senior staff even after learning the truth. It is also interesting to note that the lobbyist Johnson is referring to is also head of the Repubican National Committee. It would be strange for Romney to refuse to associate with a man with that position.
This reporter is cunning and in a vindictive reaction to a run-in with Romney that he, Johnson, caused, he used his pen in retribution. I would challenge him to write a similar piece on every candidate running, showing the background of each of the hundreds of paid and unpaid advisors. The candidates all have advisors from Washington who know how things are done in a presidential election. In fact, John McCain’s campaign manager is a lobbyist.
Johnson’s article goes on to criticize Romney for having a former Senator as an advisor. Again, to make the case that Romney is being dishonest by pretending not to be a Washington insider simply because he has people who know the ropes is astonishing. Johnson’s proof was to cite a few times Romney has been in the company of a lobbyist. Imagine how difficult it would be to measure how much time a candidate spends with each of the hundreds of people that are working closely with the campaign.
It is clear that the point of Johnson’s article was to call Romney a liar. It is also clear when one listens to the video that Romney is making the point that he is not beholden to any special interest groups and has no strings tied to him for favors. Glen Johnson has let his hatred of Romney show on his face, in his voice, and in his words. The press has decided to chose our nominees for us. Time will tell if they will be successful.
2 Comments so far...
Jesse Says:
18 January 2008 at 3:41 pm.
Hate to pick at you, but aren’t you being negative here? Bad mouthing this Johnson guy seems to go against what you guys are all about here.
Joy Bischoff Says:
18 January 2008 at 4:24 pm.
You know, Jesse, I was asking myself that same question when I went to bed last night. I am so concerned that America wakes up to the degree of manipulation that is going on that I may have been over-zealous. I view the press as the military arm in the war of words to bring us to socialism. It is hard to find that line to draw between being respectful and exposing the truth. Sorry if I stepped over that line.
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