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Allard Loves Him Some Muammar Qaddafi

by: Colorado Pols

Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 07:58:26 AM MST

Word came this week that former Sen. Wayne Allard was taking a position with the top-shelf DC lobbying firm The Livingston Group, which settled any remaining questions about his bid to become CSU chancellor.

For someone ignominiously ranked by Time Magazine as one of the Five Worst Senators, you have to admit a job at Livingston is a pretty big score. Clients are a veritable who's who of...shall we say, people that need special handling, from Accenture to the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya (see photo--it's okay, that means 'tinpot dictator we can work with now'), and the pay is downright eye-popping by all accounts.

For more information about Livingston Group and the wild ride Colorado's #1 veterinarian is in for, check out the 2005 report from Public Citizen titled "Congressional Revolving Doors: The Journey from Congress to K Street," which uses Livingston as their case study. Safe to say, Allard won't have time to spay your kitty anytime soon.

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Allard Loves Him Some Muammar Qaddafi | 12 comments

So Allard's pulling a Daschle; shame, shame

Almost all former members of Congress seek to exploit their resumes.

But making money is a no, no around here, except for the critics who are looking out for their own economic fortunes by bitterly attacking others who are trying to make honest livings.

by: Another skeptic @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 09:38:32 AM CST

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Are you saying he's not going to pay

his taxes? For shame, AS. Suggesting such things.

"Yes Twitty, I'm an idiot." Ben Stein's $$

by: ClubTwitty @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 11:42:11 AM CST

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I didn't exactly see loads of support

for Daschle or buckets of tears shed here by us lefties when he withdrew, so spare us your high horse hypocrisy twaddle please, AS(S)

by: BlueCat @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 12:26:43 PM CST

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Personally,

I'm not a member of the morality police. My views of Allard's politics are one thing, but I'm indifferent to his cashing in. It's alright with me.

We're all in this story together: Let's make sure that we write it well.
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by: Steve Harvey @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 17:25:08 PM CST

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From Jimmy Carter's brother to Wayne Allard...

The time they are a-changin' on the shores of Tripoli...

Billy "Billy Beer" Carter's onetime involvement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...

by: Canines @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 09:39:30 AM CST

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No, Wayne! Think of the kitties!

by: JeffcoBlue @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 09:49:00 AM CST

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If I was a tinpot dictator

would I want this fumblebumb handling my US Government lobbying contract?

"It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!" - Nietzsche

by: twas brillig @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 10:22:40 AM CST

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fumblebumb like a FOX!

They'll pull the ol' Smart Senator/Dumb Senator manuever on their victims.

How do you keep them down on the farm, with their hands on kittycat giblets, once they've travelled in the fast lane in Tripoli?

by: DemZorro @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 18:30:52 PM CST

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The addiction is Potomac Fever....

and apparently there's no cure.

"There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area"
Congressman John Murtha, PA 12th CD, 1932-2010
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by: allyncooper @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 14:36:07 PM CST

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Sounds like Doonesbury's Duke character

and his lobbying company for dictators.

"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd." -Bertrand Russell

by: parsingreality @ Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 17:13:45 PM CST

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To be fair

The Livingston Group also represents Boys Town.

"In short, we eat oil" ardy39

by: Sir Robin @ Sun Feb 08, 2009 at 14:27:38 PM CST

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