Comments on: SPECIAL INTERESTS http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/special_interests/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 3 Dec 2008 21:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John Lemon http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/special_interests/#comment-10340 John Lemon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=4593#comment-10340 No, they are "very special" interest groups. No, they are "very special" interest groups.

]]> By: John Lemon http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/special_interests/#comment-10341 John Lemon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=4593#comment-10341 I think it is all so funny that politicians can get the public all riled up about "special interests." I point out to my students that they probably belong to at least a half dozen special interests without them knowing it. As students, they have a state and national lobby that they pay in to. Many belong to the PIRGs without them knowing it. Blah, blah, blah. People -- read Federelist 10! --- I think it is all so funny that politicians can get the public all riled up about "special interests." I point out to my students that they probably belong to at least a half dozen special interests without them knowing it. As students, they have a state and national lobby that they pay in to. Many belong to the PIRGs without them knowing it. Blah, blah, blah.

People -- read Federelist 10!

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