Am I the next Jack Abramoff? In which I discover that any idiot, even...

[bridgit]

...me, can be a Washington lobbyist :thumbsup:

'Sure, being a lobbyist looks easy (except for entering a guilty plea). If you were like Jack Abramoff, and you wanted to promote your clients' gambling interests, you'd take a member of Congress golfing in Scotland or give him your skybox tickets. Or if you were a defense industry lobbyist, you'd give a congressman a $7,200 Louis-Philippe commode and the Pentagon contract would be yours.

But what if you want to be a lobbyist and you've never played a round of golf, the only season tickets you have are to a children's puppet theater, and your commodes are all American Standard and bolted to your bathroom floor? This was the challenge I faced for my latest, and most public service-oriented, Human Guinea Pig—the column in which I try things readers are curious about but don't want to go to jail for themselves. I would become a Washington lobbyist.' http://www.slate.com/id/2137886

[zanne]

1. I just read the entire article.

Thanks for posting. It was funny and depressing at the same time. If it's that hard for somebody with that much ambition and drive behind her to get somebody's attention, then what the hell am I doing?

[bridgit]

2. i know huh...

:rofl: / x(