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Fmr Delay aide and lobbyist calls Christian right wackos and pawns

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Micheal Scanlon: "The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees," Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. "Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them."

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/03/abramoff/index_np.html
 

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to political science students, this hasn't gone under the radar for us -- it's just that there's so few of us that no one cares when we raise a fuss. glad someone can admit the truth.

when you get your news in a closed system of any sort, the results are usually self promoting and obvious.
 
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Billy Batson said:
to political science students, this hasn't gone under the radar for us -- it's just that there's so few of us that no one cares when we raise a fuss. glad someone can admit the truth.

when you get your news in a closed system of any sort, the results are usually self promoting and obvious.
Nor do I think this is just an isolated notion. Reaching out to the church indeed for political expediancy, as we seen when Bush after Miers was being ridiculed made the statement emphasizing her christianity, was a message to get the sheep in line, she's one of us.
 
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Billy Batson said:
to political science students, this hasn't gone under the radar for us -- it's just that there's so few of us that no one cares when we raise a fuss. glad someone can admit the truth.

when you get your news in a closed system of any sort, the results are usually self promoting and obvious.

I thought that you political science students were paying attention to all that is coming and going on in DC.
Glad that you can admit the truth and being honest you deserve a pat on the back.
 
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our research isn't science per say but mostly opinions after research is conducted. so it's very dry reading. it's not our fault we go ignored.

but hey, when the schools spit us out, at least we know how the government works which i can't honestly say is a good or bad thing.
 
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