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Lobbyist secretly taped revealing all of the right-wing's dirty tactics to energy execs
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/04/1341725/-Lobbyist-secretly-taped-revealing-all-of-the-right-wing-s-dirty-tactics-to-energy-execsBerman didn't know he was being secretly taped by one of the executives at the meeting. The executive found Berman's presentation offensive.
A transcript of the hour long power-point presentation can be found here. But here are just a couple of the comic book type quotes from the first ten minutes:
Concerning the ACA:
...And so we put this ad in the New York Times, and basically said, "Hey, you ought to be concerned about the health care bill." But, we didn't really say "why". All we said is "seniors might have to pay more money", or "your premiums might go up", but there wasn't any fact here. So this is an attempt at creating public opinion about something. Kind of soft top-line.
...And so we put this ad in the New York Times, and basically said, "Hey, you ought to be concerned about the health care bill." But, we didn't really say "why". All we said is "seniors might have to pay more money", or "your premiums might go up", but there wasn't any fact here. So this is an attempt at creating public opinion about something. Kind of soft top-line.
About "being on the offensive":
...we'll take the labor unions for example. I am well known for going after the labor unions for a thousand different reasons. And people say, "Well, what's your offense?" I say, "I get up every morning and I try and figure out how to screw with the labor unions. That's my offense."
...we'll take the labor unions for example. I am well known for going after the labor unions for a thousand different reasons. And people say, "Well, what's your offense?" I say, "I get up every morning and I try and figure out how to screw with the labor unions. That's my offense."
Attacking minimum wage:
We're not experts and so you don't want them [the general public] trying to be experts. But if you put enough information out there and say, "Well it could go to $10.10, but you could also lose a lot of jobs, the Congressional Budget Office says you can lose a lot of jobs." And again, we got a lot of ads on this thing.
We're not experts and so you don't want them [the general public] trying to be experts. But if you put enough information out there and say, "Well it could go to $10.10, but you could also lose a lot of jobs, the Congressional Budget Office says you can lose a lot of jobs." And again, we got a lot of ads on this thing.