Over the years much has made about the lobbyists and advisors who prowl the corridors of power in Washington D.C. Many seek publicity profiles in the hope it will convince potential clients and countries that they have high-level “access.” Others cultivate their cable news appearances as pundits and commentators, relishing the limelight.
Yet what we have come to learn over time that the greater the media exposure, the less these individuals play a role in actually affecting the nation’s policies and politics.
Consider the role of Michael Podhorzer…
On Obamacare then House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said of the Affordable Care Act, in 2010: “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it…” , which begs the question where federal government can’t act when powers not expressed are reserved to the States or to the people under Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Was it read? She probably tore into it like she tore to shreds the President’s State of the Union speech. Such is odious. The word odium is real or perceived disgust in leaders of the misled. Jesus said, “I will make you fishers of men” together with a warning that “[y]ou will know them by their works.”