Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110923:20:07:00
Your government. we've also spoken at length about the bastardization of that profession into the so-called lobbyist fund-raiser, where your ability to influence is no longer based on your ability to advocate policy, but on your ability to either raise money for or against a given politician. how does this actually work and how does it play out in the conversion of our democracy from a democracy to an auction for power? >> well, let me go back, when you introed me, you called me a whistle-blower. that's very kind of you, except i don't think i've blown the whistle. i think that most people in ...