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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:35 AM Original message |
When did unions and workers become "special interests"? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. According to the conservatives, |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Special Interests are those you don't agree with. |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's all a part of their Orwellian newspeak |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. When we passively allowed them to Orwell the language 20 years ago |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. so true, tom. |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. They started being "special interests" when Reagan said so |
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cthrumatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's called "nobody challenges them on anything".... so they can say |
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Krupskaya (689 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm just fine |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. 'Special interest'=Lobbyist that doesn't represent a large company |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Special" Interest = Groups I want to disparage |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. After the Viet Nam War, the left fractured into "special interests"... |
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