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Thu Apr 25, 2013, 09:19 AM

OLDMDDEM (1,412 posts)

32. Nope.

And never will. It's all about lobbyist cash and getting rich. Everyone one of them should be recalled.

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98 replies	Author	Time	Post
Do you really think they give a fuck about Americans? [View all]	Scuba	Apr 2013	OP
I realized that a long time ago.	hobbit709	Apr 2013	#1
More like how a flea cares about a dog	GeoWilliam750	Apr 2013	#13
Fleas serve a useful purpose in the food chain	EvolveOrConvolve	Apr 2013	#77
No surprise, nothing new. nt	avebury	Apr 2013	#2
dear fellow working people:	KG	Apr 2013	#3
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our winner.	Brigid	Apr 2013	#48
Never have, never will.	Boomerproud	Apr 2013	#63
Yep, all any loyalists to the DLC can expect is	truedelphi	Apr 2013	#66
On the other hand	customerserviceguy	Apr 2013	#4
Long term unemployment is a significant problem. What's your point?	Scuba	Apr 2013	#5
Maybe that this picture was taken at a time when nothing significant was going on?	treestar	Apr 2013	#14
Walk out to the front lawn of the Capitol.	Fuddnik	Apr 2013	#34
This is what the GOP meant	meanit	Apr 2013	#56
Picturing that angers me. Sure sounds like they do work for the lobbyists. Arrgh!	tofuandbeer	Apr 2013	#79
You are exactly right. The picture doesnt by itself prove anything. However, I still dont	rhett o rick	Apr 2013	#59
Some do, some don't	treestar	Apr 2013	#62
Not everyone is like that.	LiberalAndProud	Apr 2013	#88
The question of the OP was, "Do you really think they give a fuck about Americans?"	rhett o rick	Apr 2013	#94
I think they do	treestar	Apr 2013	#95
You do know that the 99% is in deep shit? That in the last 30 years	rhett o rick	Apr 2013	#96
What we're supposed to be	Mr. Evil	Apr 2013	#81
how about the long-term unemployment stats?	Skittles	Apr 2013	#74
I agree people need to start taking	bec	Apr 2013	#7
the trouble really is	hfojvt	Apr 2013	#39
The last I looked, there were 5 Million Long Term Unemployed,	bvar22	Apr 2013	#69
that's what I get for not looking it up	hfojvt	Apr 2013	#87
Well, at least you don't have to worry about them being able to get a day off from work.	thesquanderer	Apr 2013	#54
Wouldn't there be plenty of unemployed people in the greater DC area?	customerserviceguy	Apr 2013	#71
I count 13 staffers in the row behind the committee members seats.	Divernan	Apr 2013	#10
You've got better eyes than I do	customerserviceguy	Apr 2013	#72
"Maybe this picture was taken at a time nothing terribly significant was going on."	99Forever	Apr 2013	#12
Exactly...nice try though huh?	Rex	Apr 2013	#53
Get thee to the greatest page	malaise	Apr 2013	#6
amazing	RedstDem	Apr 2013	#8
And the sheeple ain't going to do nothin	sorefeet	Apr 2013	#9
Right now, congress and the President are paying more attention to the rich	fasttense	Apr 2013	#27
The Only Time Us Little Folk Matter...	KharmaTrain	Apr 2013	#11
"Us little folk" could easily write or call them	treestar	Apr 2013	#15
The Arrogance Of Some Politicians...	KharmaTrain	Apr 2013	#16
"Us little folk" are the ones who apparently respond to the spending of dollars	treestar	Apr 2013	#18
The Grassroots Is Where The Future Lies...	KharmaTrain	Apr 2013	#28
Only if someone can come up with a way to distinguish bona fide grassroots from astroturf.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#44
I'll bet he did that as an experiment.	Brigid	Apr 2013	#50
Now you do not really think they do the fund raising themselves do you?	fasttense	Apr 2013	#20
Of Course They Do...	KharmaTrain	Apr 2013	#26
Or get really, really pissed off and take to the streets in protest.	Hotler	Apr 2013	#17
Uh, we tried that last year, and the Gestapo visited every city with protests.	Fuddnik	Apr 2013	#36
Exactly! And the attacks were co-ordinated on a national level.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#45
How many millions of people showed up at the Washington Mall for....	Hotler	Apr 2013	#92
'Us little folk' have been doing that for decades. Now, since that hasn't worked, do you have	sabrina 1	Apr 2013	#46
If that is true, and I do not think it entirely is	treestar	Apr 2013	#49
Well, we did that. We even organized, donated huge amounts of money to Liberal	sabrina 1	Apr 2013	#55
Interesting idea. I certainly think you are 100% correct.	raouldukelives	Apr 2013	#65
No I don't think they ever cared...	hue	Apr 2013	#19
Cynic.	Scuba	Apr 2013	#21
No. nt	raccoon	Apr 2013	#22
Some do,	libdude	Apr 2013	#23
A few, yes.	Scuba	Apr 2013	#25
absolutely worse congress ever....both fucking sides of the aisle	spanone	Apr 2013	#24
it is not pleasant being a peasant	dembotoz	Apr 2013	#29
Human Resources	Octafish	Apr 2013	#30
Nothing new here. How many times to you see pictures of almost empty	Paper Roses	Apr 2013	#31
Nope.	OLDMDDEM	Apr 2013	#32
Lobbying is just a nice word for Bribery.	abelenkpe	Apr 2013	#37
This would be number 9,215?	MannyGoldstein	Apr 2013	#33
Meh, if they gave a shit about you they wouldn't have power in the first place	Fumesucker	Apr 2013	#41
Ahem. cough, cough, ElizabethWarren, cough, cough nt	MannyGoldstein	Apr 2013	#43
They care if you're rich and ready to write them a check.	abelenkpe	Apr 2013	#35
Clearly they do not. nt	mother earth	Apr 2013	#38
Nope. Didn't before - this is just confirmation of it.	Triana	Apr 2013	#40
Incredibly poor scheduling	onenote	Apr 2013	#42
It was calculated that way.	Brigid	Apr 2013	#52
Ok. So it has zero authority. It's for show only.	DevonRex	Apr 2013	#70
They probably had more important business to attend to, such as the big celebration	sabrina 1	Apr 2013	#47
Now that the law has been changed, they have a lot of insider trading to catch up on.	rhett o rick	Apr 2013	#97
They not only don't give a fuck, but quit working for us	Rex	Apr 2013	#51
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Apr 2013	#57
+1	uponit7771	Apr 2013	#58
I agree they don't really care very much.	BlueCheese	Apr 2013	#60
Did we send our lobbyists??	TruthBeTold65	Apr 2013	#61
The Long Term Unemployed lobby is very small	Canuckistanian	Apr 2013	#67
About rich Americans? Yes.	davidthegnome	Apr 2013	#64
Where is Rep. Sean Duffy from Wisconsin's 7th	usaf-vet	Apr 2013	#68
who were the 4 that showed up?	onethatcares	Apr 2013	#73
All Dems, of course.	SunSeeker	Apr 2013	#91
Of course, they don't give a shit about us. It's obvious. nt	valerief	Apr 2013	#75
We're not Americans , we are consumers and America is not a country , it's a corporation.	bowens43	Apr 2013	#76
There's no campaign funding $ in long term unemployed, I guess.	Honeycombe8	Apr 2013	#78
Clearly Not	Brimley	Apr 2013	#80
Gee ...the unemployed don't give money to campaigns. Go figure why they don't care.	L0oniX	Apr 2013	#82
.	blkmusclmachine	Apr 2013	#83
The 4 people setting there must be dolts.	russspeakeasy	Apr 2013	#84
Who are they anyway? Idealistic newbies? (no text)	Quantess	Apr 2013	#89
That was my thought.	russspeakeasy	Apr 2013	#93
No.	City Lights	Apr 2013	#85
Eat the Rich	Go Vols	Apr 2013	#86
K & R	LeftInTX	Apr 2013	#90
kick	woo me with science	Apr 2013	#98

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