[rokstedy]

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I am having dinner with a 6 term Republican Congressman next week. A good friend married a his daughter, blah blah blah.
This is not a fundraiser type thing, rather dinner at my friend's house with about 6-8 people.

I have known the Congressman for about 5 years and have a fairly casual relationship, as he and I typically get involved is some type of political discussion after a few beers.

He is supports the UIGA and has in the past, compared gambling sites with drug dealers (yes I live in the south).
However, he is a reasonable man and I'm almost certain he has probably never discussed the situation with someone who derives a large portion of his income from online poker.

I would love to hear some well thought out points I should make.

Thanks,
Jb

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Poker is no different, no more dangerous to ones own standard of living, than say a part time day trader doing it over the net. Day trading on the net provides the exact same level of exhiliration for an action junkie and one can just as easily lose money as earn it. But trading stocks is a national past time. Your average day trader knows no more about the stocks he's trading (probably less in fact) than your average online poker player knows about how to play a gutshot on the turn.