http://www.hillnews.com/features/opensecrets.html VOODO Lobbyists can use 'mojo' In the past, lobbyists have depended on expense account lunches, golf junkets and political action committee (PAC) contributions to ply their trade. Now, there's a new method of political persuasion - voodoo magic. Yes, with one stick of a pin you, too, can influence policymakers. Pick your person. Pick your committee. Then, just jab away. Sound creepy? Maybe, but GalleryWatch, a new online news and legislative information service, has distributed thousands of voodoo dolls, which it calls "legislative influencers," as a promotional device. Whether the dolls and pins and "Bayou blessed mojo powder" can initiate good or bad magic remains to be determined. However, it's a good way to get your name in the paper.
