Geez - No wonder milk is so damn expensive lately!

[UdoKier]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&ncid=2027&e=3&u=/chitribts/20040925/ts_chicagotrib/mixingmilkandpolitics

A senior economist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (news - web sites) has come under fire from Democrats and government watchdogs for suggesting that the Bush administration could maximize votes in key dairy states by keeping milk prices high through the election.

[dumpster_baby]

1. ho hoh! No WONDER he is winning Wisconsin

See, this goes right to the rightwing electoral strategy---they bribe the rural states with money taken from the revenues earned in the blue states...

[Arkana]

2. Of course! Weapons of milk destruction!

That's the key to everything! Let's make milk $5 a gallon and then blackmail people into voting for us so we'll lower the price! What a bunch of Nazi thugs.

[nostamj]

7. milk IS $5 a gallon in my NYC neighborhood...

but that ain't gonna sway my vote...

[BootinUp]

3. Win at any cost.

Its a big problem on both sides.

[napi21]

4. Don't the dairy farmers realize this is a ploy, or don't they care?

IS this a make the bucks while we can? Hell, every vote I remember in both houses has consistently voted for all farmers, whether dairy, cattle, or agri.

I actually thought the higher price of sairy products had more to do with the mad cow scare. That affects ALL cattle, not just the beefers ya know.

[grace0418]

5. The was on the front page of the Chicago Tribune

today. That's pretty good since the Tribune is so freaking right-wing most of the time.

[Logansquare]

8. Yes, I was surprised by that n/t

[The Flaming Red Head]

6. With gas at two dollars a gallon

it's not like we can afford milk, too.