The Top 11 Things Your PAC and Grassroots Prospects Don’t Want to Hear

1. “You need to give to the PAC because campaigns are expensive.”

2. “We will communicate with you when we need you to contact your legislators.”

3. “Out lobbyist needs PAC money to do his/her job.”

4. “Email is the best way to communicate with legislators.”

5. “PAC money gives us access.”

6. “The CEO wants everyone to join the PAC.”

7. “We don’t know what issues we’ll be following, so we can’t give you advance notice of our Action Alerts.”

8. “Everybody hates politics, but we want you to join the PAC.”

9. “What is the definition of politics? “poly” meaning many, and “tics” meaning blood sucking leaches.”

10. “A PAC is the price we pay to play the game.”

11. “It would be difficult to give you a list of who we have contributed to this session.”