E.R.I.C. Cantor and his INSANE lobbyist donations

By: phriendlyjaime
Published On: 2/10/2007 4:12:06 PM

E.R.I.C. Cantor, who doesn't understand the United States Constitution and who is still demanding that the world focus on the now defunct Pelosi Plane-Gate scandal that WASN'T, certainly does enjoy abnormal and ridiculous donations from lobbyists and political action committees.  No wonder he hates the Democratic majority so much; their quest for ethics reform is going to ruin his lavish coffee breaks with his lobbyist buddies.  From the NY Times:
Representative Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican famous on K Street for his annual fund-raising weekends in Beverly Hills and South Beach, has recently invited lobbyists to join him for some expensive cups of coffee. A $2,500 contribution from a corporate political action committee entitles the company's lobbyist to join Mr. Cantor at a Starbucks near his Capitol Hill office four times this spring.
You read that correctly, folks.  $2,500 for STARBUCKS COFFEE.  STARBUCKS COFFEE.  Now I personally don't go to Starbucks; I don't see the point in paying more money for two cups of coffee than their employees make per hour.  But that's just me.  It CERTAINLY isn't Eric Cantor's opinion, as we can see.

Exactly what is he buying from Starbucks that could possibly merit $2,500?  How much coffee are he and his lobbyist friends drinking?  How many over sized cookies are they eating?  Does he have 18 cappuccino makers from Starbucks sitting in his office?  Are they in his home?  With all that caffeine from the amount of coffee it would take to ring up a $2,500 bill, does he ever sleep?

Or does he just buy everyone on his holiday list a set of Cranium (a Starbucks board game)?

I think we can all safely say that E.R.I.C. Cantor is an embarrassment and an utter DISGRACE to the state of Virginia and to the entire country.

Comments



I know that Starbucks well (teacherken - 2/11/2007 11:59:20 AM)
and have seen other members of Congress there.  But even the upstairs room, which is nice, is not particularly private.

What would be nice is to be able to find out when these events were taking place and then get pictures!!!  Which we could widely distribute electronically!!  And to all his constituents on how he sells access!!  And to whom!!!



Having a hard time keeping up with you Jaime (CommonSense - 2/11/2007 12:57:13 PM)
So I will comment over here too.

Thanks to Jaime we know the cost of a Congressman's ear...
how much for the rest of him?