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I am always a little amused when the same people who point to lobbyists as eek, shriek, somehow evil or malevolent, are usually the same people who want to tinker the tax code. As an example, a liberal writer on a recent thread in a political post asserted that William Timmons, a Washington lobbyist, is on McCain's team.  She didn't explain why this should be alarming. The assumption was that we would know. Where do lobbyists come from? What do lobbyists do? Why should we fear them?  Read more >