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Dog knows, when <i>I</i> become rich, I'll want to buy myself a politician or five. I'd hate for that kind of freedom to be curtailed!

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$777,600? Why $777,600? I mean, why not $777,599, or $777,601? I don't understand how (or why) politics work.

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They all died of lung cancer, emphysema and/or cirrhosis. Which is a shame. At least those guys were colorful.

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Sure. They could hand out checks right on the floor of the chamber, like they do it in Texas.

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They just told you: $777,600.00

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That's why you're not collecting six figures from a superPAC for "consulting".

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Today <strike>we</strike> they are all Bobby Asswiper.</strike>

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Shoes for Industry!

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How are they going to become poor like us if we don't let them spend?

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This provision has turned all the rest of us into dick jokes.

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The Koch brothers will have to write fewer, larger checks. No biggie -- and the GOP will continue to do whatever filthy work the Kochs want them to do.

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They watched the Chinese Commie Party fucking over Hong Kong . . . and thought to themselves, "Hey, now <i>that's</i> how you do it!" Even our political asshattery is imported from China these days.

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It's the Walmarting of political contributions.

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I'm stuck in a doctor's office waiting room with mandatory CNN showing Wolfie sucking up to CIA flacks as they all dance around the word torture. It may be worse than enhanced interrogation, but it's not as bad as the "word" "cromnibus."

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At least they're still allowing us a semblance of democracy. It's kind of like the TSA security theater at the airport: costs a lot, has no beneficial effect, but makes you feel good.

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