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fredamae

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5. I threw in the towel..But
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 05:28 PM
Mar 2013

there Are Dems I will still support. Only about 95% of Dems in the House and Sen are "questionable"

When I went back and reviewed votes taken on issues over the past 15 years---When WE said "no" or "yes"--I was heartbroken to "see" Dems giving, in most Every case, just enough supporting votes to either get something through we didn't want Or to Defeat something we did.

I was a Dem for over 50 years.
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm
http://clerk.house.gov/legislative/legvotes.aspx

Then review their campaign donations etc
There is a pattern and a link to voting habits and they don't favor Us, imo.
http://www.opencongress.org/money_trail
http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator

If we are still allowed to vote in 2014/2016? We'd better do a much better job at personally vetting each candidate. We need to get new faces, new ideas and candidates who are Not "well connected" in both State and Federal offices.

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