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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 79296" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>OK on the well read part but you gonna sit there with a straight face and tell me that when a lobbyist pays money to any politician that something in some way isn't gained in return? If that were the case then why is K Street loaded to the gills with high dollar lawyers working on behalf of a ga-zillion interests pumping ga-zillions of dollars into our electoral system on a daily basis and all for nothing? I told Tie to go down and read the federal register and connect the dots but I'm beginning to wonder if I told that to the wrong person! </p><p> </p><p>Are you of all people gonna sit there and suggest UPS is going to Washington and dumping in boatloads of money and getting nothing back out of it? Quid pro quo works in a variety of ways and not always in an upfront manner like most would like for it to be. Sometimes it's not voting for or against something but if you have the leadership power, you can prevent something from ever coming up for a vote or on the other hand you can tell someone that their porkbarrel project for their district will get on the agenda if they support this legislation or that and then quietly attached in the background is?</p><p> </p><p>Ta-Dah! And it's never ever seen as quid, pro, quo. It's called plausible deniablity and they all use it day in and day out! I still stand behind by other comment had Time magazine and the Washington Post only slammed the other side you'd have never questioned it and would have trumpeted it and likely proclaimed it as gospel. You aren't the independent you claim to be and are only so in your mind!</p><p> </p><p>This Abramoff scandal will grow and both sides will be effected. Republicans will come off the worse since they are in total leadership but this thing will have bi-partsian claws and teeth in the end.</p><p> </p><p>As to addressing my other inquiry, I've been having this gut feeling and I knew it wasn't gas! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/wink.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink:" title="Wink :wink:" data-shortname=":wink:" /> </p><p> </p><p>Too Funny!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Lol :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 79296, member: 2189"] OK on the well read part but you gonna sit there with a straight face and tell me that when a lobbyist pays money to any politician that something in some way isn't gained in return? If that were the case then why is K Street loaded to the gills with high dollar lawyers working on behalf of a ga-zillion interests pumping ga-zillions of dollars into our electoral system on a daily basis and all for nothing? I told Tie to go down and read the federal register and connect the dots but I'm beginning to wonder if I told that to the wrong person! Are you of all people gonna sit there and suggest UPS is going to Washington and dumping in boatloads of money and getting nothing back out of it? Quid pro quo works in a variety of ways and not always in an upfront manner like most would like for it to be. Sometimes it's not voting for or against something but if you have the leadership power, you can prevent something from ever coming up for a vote or on the other hand you can tell someone that their porkbarrel project for their district will get on the agenda if they support this legislation or that and then quietly attached in the background is? Ta-Dah! And it's never ever seen as quid, pro, quo. It's called plausible deniablity and they all use it day in and day out! I still stand behind by other comment had Time magazine and the Washington Post only slammed the other side you'd have never questioned it and would have trumpeted it and likely proclaimed it as gospel. You aren't the independent you claim to be and are only so in your mind! This Abramoff scandal will grow and both sides will be effected. Republicans will come off the worse since they are in total leadership but this thing will have bi-partsian claws and teeth in the end. As to addressing my other inquiry, I've been having this gut feeling and I knew it wasn't gas! :wink: Too Funny!:lol: [/QUOTE]
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