I was commenting on you mentioning dems vs. repubs. When the goal is to fix govt, no matter what the party. Although there have been dispicable dems in govt recently, like Jefferson from LA, the repubs have made it an art form.

Cunningham was on some kind of committee that handled defense contracts. He was not shy in letting people know these contracts were for sale to the highest bidder:

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/cunningham.php

I believe that USA News and World report had a story about this a couple yrs ago, where they hypothesized that this story would be the worse to come out of the fed govt in sometime, and take down many people. But it seems to have quietly gone away.



>>WTF?
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>>I guess your meds misfired again, Perry. I complimented Tamar on her logic and that somehow makes me divisive? I don't know Cunningham or Delay from Adam so I'm not sure how that makes them my "heros". I am a conservative-libertarian. Which means I don't give a doggone.
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>>As for "Govt for Sale" being a supposed monopoly of the GOP, Perry, watch your step. Either you're willfully ignorant or just plain blind but for every incidence of GOP corruption you could name I can match it or exceed it with Dem corruption. C'mon....I dare you. As Harry Callahan said, "make my day".
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>>>Since you're trying to make this an us vs. them issue, inquiring minds would like to know how this is different from your heros like Duke Cunningham and Delay hanging "Govt for Sale" shingles outside their office?
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>>>>Jeez, Tamar, keep this up and you may change me into a liberal :-)
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>>>>I agree; it's no different - just more blatant.
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>>>>>>Buying and/or selling votes in a federal election is a federal crime. I think it can incur a $10,000 fine and five years in jail. There have been previous incidents of vote selling on ebay or in the paper. They usually get prosecuted - I guess this guy didn't check the law?
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>>>>>How is what he's doing any different than a congressman insisting on some perk for his district in exchange for a vote on a bill? The guy isn't asking money in his own pocket, but for money to be spent in a way he thinks makes sense.
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>>>>>BTW, don't mistake this for my approval of his behavior. I'm just pointing out nuance.
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>>>>>Tamar