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FarCenter

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2. It's politics

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 03:27 PM

Oct 2013

On lobbyists – "If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women and then vote against them, you have no business being up here."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_M._Unruh

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Company Behind Troubled Obamacare Website Donated Heavily To Republicans In 2012 [View all] Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 OP

Imagine that-the administration needed to do a better job of vetting gopiscrap Oct 2013 #1

Traffic Didn’t Crash the Obamacare Site Alone. Bad Coding Did Read more: Traffic Didn’t Crash the Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #4

I think they had little to no choice. 2naSalit Oct 2013 #8

agree with you absolutely librechik Oct 2013 #21

It's politics FarCenter Oct 2013 #2

That's a hell of a quote IronLionZion Oct 2013 #14

Many of the big donors in 2012 gave to both candidates Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #16

QED: the big donors in 2012 apparently believed that both candidates would serve their interests. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #31

Yes. 840high Oct 2013 #33

Yeah, if you read the article, there's really not much disparity RiverNoord Oct 2013 #34

Or an intentional effort to undermine the public's perception? Roland99 Nov 2013 #41

I really want to know who awarded them this contract. Old and In the Way Oct 2013 #3

See this 2naSalit Oct 2013 #10

What I want to know is not who...WHEN! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #27

Perhaps CGI won't be so supportive of the GOP going forward AndyA Oct 2013 #5

CGI's leadership is rightwing Joey Liberal Oct 2013 #26

The grand absurdity is RiverNoord Oct 2013 #35

Ahhh - a smidgen of occult Republicon Poison in the digital mix! Berlum Oct 2013 #6

Anyone else find this last sentence inane? Sheepshank Oct 2013 #7

Goes to show you, never trust a republican. Kingofalldems Oct 2013 #9

Something smells funny about this. Lint Head Oct 2013 #11

I smell something too Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #13

CGI is a fairly big company with 69,000 employees FarCenter Oct 2013 #12

I wished they would have pointed this out in the hearing yesterday! B Calm Oct 2013 #15

You think Democrats would point out something like this in a hearing? That's a bonniebgood Oct 2013 #17

Democrats are into reason, not emotional speculation, thank goodness. Coyotl Oct 2013 #18

Yes, it's reasonable to think that. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #32

They couldn't hire some American ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #19

This is far beyond the knowledge and experience of IT folks in the U.S. jsr Oct 2013 #24

Silly me.... ohheckyeah Oct 2013 #28

Sabotage. librechik Oct 2013 #20

Well, I hope Obama's reading that CEO's emails, and not mine, lol grahamhgreen Oct 2013 #22

That's what our guys get, for trusting republicans... Hubert Flottz Oct 2013 #23

Well well well. Rex Oct 2013 #25

CGI also has slashed its employee's health benefits Joey Liberal Oct 2013 #29

Selecting a right-wing leaning company to get a hated Democrat-initiated indepat Oct 2013 #30

Imagine that, the same company the F'ed up the Canadian Historic NY Oct 2013 #36

Yes, imagine that! Joey Liberal Nov 2013 #42

"Experts say the White House only has only weeks to fix the problems before they start to directly Hestia Oct 2013 #37

It's too bad that our higher-up leaders do not practice some partisanship SoCalDem Oct 2013 #38

Bipartisanship You Can Believe In! blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #39

One thing the Obama Administration The Wizard Nov 2013 #40

Wow. Ya think there's a connection? eom catrose Nov 2013 #43

So IOW azurnoir Nov 2013 #44

Imagine that!! amerciti001 Nov 2013 #45

WE need a special investigator... Hubert Flottz Nov 2013 #46

No surprise that they favor the REICH wingers. penndragon69 Nov 2013 #47