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nycbos

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12. There is a famous quote about money in politics that make it into a West Wing episode...

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Wed May 31, 2017, 10:08 AM

May 2017

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"If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, take their money and then vote against them you've got no business being up here."

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At what point Cory Booker must turn on Kushner? [View all] Pluvious May 2017 OP

He's not on Trumps side so WTF ? Kushners family is Jersey so of course they donated .../ bettyellen May 2017 #1

It's easy to take a sentence or two and jump to a false conclusion out of context... George II May 2017 #5

You're smarter than his attackers are. (Frustrating, isn't it?) NurseJackie May 2017 #6

I think it will be sooner than later still_one May 2017 #2

It will come in stages. First, he will go silent on passively defending Kushner. no_hypocrisy May 2017 #3

Not surprised the video is from TYT, stopped watching 5 seconds into it. George II May 2017 #4

I can't watch TYT videos either (and I've tried). It's not just Cenk... all of them are horrid. NurseJackie May 2017 #7

Well, for a start, they got $4 million from Louisiana republican Buddy Roemer: George II May 2017 #8

Really??!! TYT is largely a REPUBLICAN-FUNDED enterprise? (Which is worse GOP-funded or RT-funded?) NurseJackie May 2017 #11

A little bit about the founder, although he's "changed" his opinions years later*: George II May 2017 #9

I question the intelligence (or the motives) of anyone who takes them seriously... NurseJackie May 2017 #10

Hmmmm... Plucketeer May 2017 #14

I'm not certain JustAnotherGen May 2017 #16

One can understand the opposition - and therefor be critical of it with accuracy Plucketeer May 2017 #17

In the past? He's taken big money from republicans lately... bettyellen May 2017 #18

Yep -Buddy Roemer JustAnotherGen May 2017 #21

He's not in the past JustAnotherGen May 2017 #20

Time for grassroots funding Plucketeer May 2017 #25

Typical Cenk JustAnotherGen May 2017 #13

There is a famous quote about money in politics that make it into a West Wing episode... nycbos May 2017 #12

Idea? JustAnotherGen May 2017 #15

Excellent idea - let's hope ALL you mention participate in your proposal. George II May 2017 #19

All it takes is a dream JustAnotherGen May 2017 #22

fantastic post. JHan May 2017 #26

Booker is on the Foreign Relations Committee. murielm99 May 2017 #23

You know... that makes PERFECT SENSE! (Thank you!) NurseJackie May 2017 #24