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To: American Spirit who wrote (45934)	5/11/2005 1:23:39 PM
From: JeffA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The right wing did not hate Mary Cheney, nor do they now. We hate that idiot Kerry outed her trying to damage to a candidate by smearing his family. At that point I knew Kerry was scum of the lowest sort. Only you seem to be fascinated with homosexuals. No one else really seems to feel one way or another about them.

To: American Spirit who wrote (45934)	5/11/2005 6:05:15 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The truth about paid travel by our legislatores: The DeLay Derby Wizbang has numbers on the trip-taking tendencies of the U.S. Congress. They're verrry eenteresting. The only thing I've been sure of throughout the DeLay dust-up is that he certainly can't be the only one. According to these numbers, compiled by Northwestern journalism students (take a cue from these guys, WaPo and NYT reporters), DeLay comes in at 29th on the list of the top 100 Congressional junket jet-setters. From Wizbang: Democratic Party Percentage of seats in Congress controlled (currently): 46% Number of trips for party members: 2729 Total spent on party members: $7,805,362.87 Percentage of total spent on party: 54.3% Percentage of the top 100 travelers (by cost): 57% Republican Party Percentage of seats in Congress controlled (currently): 54% Number of trips for party members: 2095 Total spent on party members: $6,512,990.35 Percentage of total spent on party: 45.3% Percentage of the top 100 travelers (by cost): 43% Bonus Stat: Tom DeLay comes in a lowly 29th on the list of top 100 Congressional trip takers, though he does score two trips in the top 5 most expensive individual trips. Former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) took top honors, taking $158,000 in trips since 2000. Lots of interesting information in the study, here. Find out where your Congressmen are flying. townhall.com