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Not even the emotionally charged speech by Sen. Ted Kennedy kept corporate lobbyists from carrying out their multi-million dollar campaign to wine and dine and influence Democratic lawmakers at a series of lavish parties last night in Denver.

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    Bkumm2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Well, we're never going to get anywhere until we clean up this kind of behavior. What in the heck are the Democrats thinking? Come on, Senator Obama, you are the leader of our Party. Push, pull or do whatever you need to do to get these guys to fall in line.

    NO MORE!!!

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      gamahuche2 months, 3 weeks ago

      FTA:
      "It was Mark Hanna, an old time Republican politico in the late 1800's who said 'there are two important things in politics. The first is money. And I can't remember what the second one is'."
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      Sounds right on the money to me!

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