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Bought and Paid For?

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So, you voted yesterday.  (You DID vote, right???)  We might learn the results in Georgia (assuming Kemp doesn’t stifle more legal votes), Mississippi, Arizona, Connecticut, and Montana sometime this week.  But, we have learned how much money has played a part in this election.

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Of the people, by the people, and for the people?

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From the second John Kerry was attacked via the “Swiftboating” episode, I knew that Americans (and, given that we seem to invading other countries electoral political process, the world) were in for a heap of trouble.  You see, the group (I am clearly being of generous mood, here) behind this attack, the “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” was a 527 organization.   A “tax exempt” organization that focuses on  “issues”.

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