From: John Cuccia 

Exactly.  It's yet another case of disingenuity by increasingly desperate
Republicans.

On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:27:49 -0600, "Robert G Lewis"
 wrote:

>Note that the Washington Times  article is talking about lobbyists. It
>doesn't talk about PACS etc. Also it says for election campaigns. How is the
>money for a PAC given to say the DNC/RNC counted ? What happens if the money
>is donated to a PAC which goes to another PAC and then to a candidate ? So
>it could be technically true but very misleading. Which is why I want to see
>the actual study.
>
>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:ir0cv1h76rtfm727hibh3s2ca3a811hvb8{at}4ax.com...
>> Uh oh, this doesn't seem to support the WT/Powerline numbers at all.
>>
>> http://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/ptytots.asp?cycle=2000
>>
>> What a suprise!  More lies from the sleazy right.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:58:31 -0600, "Robert G Lewis"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>Powerline just points to a Washington times article.
>>>
>>>It would be nice to actually have the actual study rather than the
>>>Washington Times interpretation of it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>>news:43f5faec{at}w3....
>>>> You are both wrong.  A study of lobbyist money over the
last 10 years or
>>>> so,
>>>> just out today and commented upon at powerlineblog.com
shows lobbyist's
>>>> favor democracts disproportionately when democrats are in power and
>>>> favor
>>>> Republicans only in proportion to their numbers when
Republicans are in
>>>> power.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>>>> news:5hmbv19p951sn9iipp6sgkfm0tojmrv6v2{at}4ax.com...
>>>>> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:19:32 +0100, "Phil Payne"
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >> >It ain't just Republicans.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> GOP talking points to the contrary, it is
indeed mostly Republicans.
>>>>> >> It didn't take long for them to become as
corrupt as the Democrats
>>>>> >> they replaced.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >Lobbyists by definition target the party in power.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>

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