Nancy Pelosi to Mike McCurry, the lobbyist who wants to gut net neutrality: "More cocktail wienies, Mike?"

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Madame 10% thinks she's got a PR problem, so she needs a PR solution:

Nearly one year after recapturing control of Congress, House Democratic [cough] leaders will embark on a publicity blitz starting in November to combat a dismal 25 percent approval rating.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been [cough] leading the caucus’s public relations effort.

Democratic [cough] leadership aides huddled with rank-and-file chiefs of staff, legislative directors and press secretaries on Monday to persuade them to do more to promote a positive message. Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster, and Mike McCurry, one of President Bill Clinton’s former press secretaries, also were on hand to press for a concerted effort.

And I'm 100% certain that Celinda and Mike had one very important question uppermost in their minds:

Can I bill for this?

Seriously, isn't McCurry the guy who's trying to gut net neutrality so people like me either have to pay the corps more for net access or Shut the Fuck Up?

Thought so. Here's how Mike wants the net to work:

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What a thumb in the eye for the netroots....

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