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We need a person like this in Congress

Postby Liteninbolt » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:18 pm

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Re: We need a person like this in Congress

Postby Smears » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:41 pm

He'd get arrested for doing that in America.
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Re: We need a person like this in Congress

Postby Smears » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:42 pm

Or they'd create a scandal to push him out of the public eye.
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Re: We need a person like this in Congress

Postby Wonderer » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:48 pm

Actually he wouldn't be given any play... Security risks require more creative means however.

Thee guy in the video is right, though i consider myself a socialist, so i always have to laugh everytime some capitalist type mentions citizens paying off national debt...

capitalism indeed...
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Re: We need a person like this in Congress

Postby MagsJ » Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:40 am

That's pretty tame, compared to most of the mud-slinging that goes on in parliamentary discussions - they tend to act like kids in the playground, ha!
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Re: We need a person like this in Congress

Postby matty » Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:59 pm

Magsj wrote:That's pretty tame, compared to most of the mud-slinging that goes on in parliamentary discussions - they tend to act like kids in the playground, ha!


Which is exactly why PMQs and other parliamentary showcases are a sham.

Not that Gordon Brown hasn't been due a proper dressing down on this issue for some time, mind you, but coming from a Tory MEP, much like it coming from a Tory leader, isn't going to count for much to Brown himself.
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