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To: JBTFD who wrote (504588)	12/5/2003 5:48:36 PM
From: Howard C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Hey, you pegged another oxymoron.

To: JBTFD who wrote (504588)	12/5/2003 6:03:59 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Hehe. As hard as it might be for you to understand, I like Dean quite a lot. I'd never vote for him and abhor his beliefs. But the guy just stands out there shooting straight, even when everyone else thinks contrary to him. You gotta respect that. I hope he runs a great race. If he wins, I won't lament it. Of all the Dems, he is most worthy (which isn't saying much).

To: JBTFD who wrote (504588)	12/5/2003 6:44:30 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 769670

Here's the Publican way of doing business.... BRIBERY WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department (news - web sites) said on Thursday it would review a request to investigate claims by a Republican congressman that bribes were offered to win congressional passage last month of the sweeping Medicare prescription drug bill. The congressman, retiring Rep. Nick Smith of Michigan, has declined to say who made the offers he said involved "extensive financial" support for his son's campaign to replace him in the U.S. Congress. Smith stuck to his guns and voted no. The Campaign Legal Center, a public interest group headed by a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites), Trevor Potter, requested a Justice Department probe on Wednesday and also asked the U.S. House of Representatives ethics committee to investigate. The Democratic National Committee (news - web sites) made a similar request. Acting Deputy Attorney General James Comey told reporters he had not yet received the requests but that as a matter of routine the department would "read it carefully and make an evaluation." "We will review the letter," Justice Department spokesman Mark Corallo added. Smith was among a number of conservative Republicans who opposed the $400 billion Medicare bill, which passed the House on Nov. 22 on a 220-215 vote. The tally followed an unusually prolonged roll call during which reluctant members were targeted to switch from "no" to "yes." "Because the (Republican) leadership did not have the votes to prevail, this vote was held open for a record two hours and 51 minutes as bribes and special deals were offered to convince members to vote yes," Smith wrote in a column he sent to newspapers in his state the following week. Smith said he was targeted by lobbyists and Republican leaders and that Health and Human Service Secretary Tommy Thompson made a personal appeal for him to vote for it. "Other members and groups made offers of extensive financial campaign support and endorsements for my son Brad who is running for my seat," Smith wrote. "They also made threats of working against Brad if I voted no," he added. John Feehery, a spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, said Republicans made the case for the bill on the grounds it was "good policy." At the Campaign Legal Center, Potter said he was hopeful the Justice Department would investigate. "I have never seen an allegation this direct" in tying a vote to a campaign contribution. But Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, in his letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) requesting a probe, said he was not optimistic it would be pursued. UH HUH...LIKE ASHCRAP is going to investigate his own people...WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WHITE HOUSE PROBE OF DECLOAKING A CIA AGENT???????? CC