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Kurt Ullman

In article ,
(Larry W) wrote:

agricultural interests (Thank republicans for that).
Thank both parties. The vote on the farm bill in early '08 that
continued the tariffs and the subsidies was approved by the Senate by a
veto-proof margin of 81-15.* The bill was approved by the House with an
equally strong 318-106 majority.

In fact, GW threatened to veto it until the vote made it beside the
point.

I get a kick out people making these Big Statements w/o looking at the
actual votes. Most of really bad ones (this one, repeal of Glass
Steagal, changes in the commodity futures trading laws, etc.) were
passed by large bipartisan majorities.

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"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
---PJ O'Rourke