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Old 10-23-2008, 12:07 AM   #5
xoxoxoBruce
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No, they really don't.

If they tried attaching federal highway money or some such to election regulations, it would be ruled unconstitutional before the ink dried on the Federal Register with the number of the House Bill.
That's not influence, that's law, and would be challenged immediately. Influence isn't on paper, pork helps buy influence, but the influence is used outside the public record.
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"It's Bush's fault!"
No, this time it's Cheney and his cronies.
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