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2016 Postmortem

C Moon

(13,540 posts) Thu Oct 16, 2014, 01:28 AM Oct 2014

..and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

I just read that quote from Lincoln, and I really wish it were word-for-word in the constitution.
...so our Supreme Court would be focused on THAT when they make their rulings—not the bullshit money of billionaires and corporations.

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..and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. (Original Post) C Moon Oct 2014 OP

Hear, Hear! defacto7 Oct 2014 #1

of corporations, by corporations, FOR corporations. pansypoo53219 Oct 2014 #2

defacto7

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1. Hear, Hear!

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Thu Oct 16, 2014, 02:00 AM

Oct 2014

No more perfect words were ever spoken than the words of this address. They do belong in our constitution.

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pansypoo53219

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2. of corporations, by corporations, FOR corporations.

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Thu Oct 16, 2014, 03:19 AM

Oct 2014

we are not in the same land now. but hey, we had tax cuts.

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