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    • 10 Jul 06
    • 5:34 pm

    I just shake my head in disbelief when I hear people saying "but the Democrats did it too" or "the Democrats started it". It makes me feel like I'm talking to my children! My answer to that is, the same as what I tell my kids. So what? Even if it's 100% true, does that make it right? If someone else behaves immorally or unethically, does that mean they get a free pass to do whatever they want to do? No. I expect better out of my children than that, and I expect better from my representatives, too. I can't answer …

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    • 11 Jul 06
    • 12:32 am

    Are you asking me to give you a history lesson? I think you're probably just baiting me. There's no question to dodge. Maybe you've just been ignored before now, because the answer is so obvious and so irrelevant to the issue today. The Democratic and Republican parties have built a lovely, efficient Federal Cash Machine together. They've cooperated beautifully in that regard. It should be very easy to find plenty of abuse to go around for everyone over the course of the last two hundred years. It took a lot of people to get it to where it is today. Now …

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