Hoist by Their Own Petard
May 12, 2010 - by
You can’t have a temperance meeting in a bar. And a group that wants to reform lobbying and fund-raising can’t have a fundraiser sponsored by lobbyists.
But that’s what the N.C. Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform is doing.
The result: Governor Perdue – who, hard as she tries, can’t satisfy the N&O on ethics – says she won’t go. The coalition gets embarrassed on the front page –and looks hypocritical.
Now skeptical legislators can challenge the reformers: Why should we outlaw things that you do?
This comes under the heading: What were they thinking?
Hoist by Their Own Petard
May 12, 2010/
You can’t have a temperance meeting in a bar. And a group that wants to reform lobbying and fund-raising can’t have a fundraiser sponsored by lobbyists.
But that’s what the N.C. Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform is doing.
The result: Governor Perdue – who, hard as she tries, can’t satisfy the N&O on ethics – says she won’t go. The coalition gets embarrassed on the front page –and looks hypocritical.
Now skeptical legislators can challenge the reformers: Why should we outlaw things that you do?
This comes under the heading: What were they thinking?