Before this hearing, I always tried to be objective, rational, and proportional in my response to these people. That all changed when Rockefeller said:
Upon reflection, if I had a chance to speak face to face with the senator, I'd say exactly the same thing to him.
I no longer hold any hope that people like Rockefeller, Blumenthal, Durbin and Boxer will or can be made to see reason. They cannot be changed; they must simply be overcome.
I think this whole thing is about the money," .... "It's uncreative, nasty and like pornography, or maybe what you [ecig industry] do is worse. I am ashamed of you and I dont know how you get to sleep at night, and what gets you to work in the morning except the color green. You're what's wrong with this country."
Upon reflection, if I had a chance to speak face to face with the senator, I'd say exactly the same thing to him.
I no longer hold any hope that people like Rockefeller, Blumenthal, Durbin and Boxer will or can be made to see reason. They cannot be changed; they must simply be overcome.