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   pouncingtiger said, 2 months ago

   The doom of politicians (mainly Republicans), a conscience.

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   pbarnrob said, 2 months ago

   Well, the doom of lobbyists of any stripe, likewise pol’s.

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   yyyguy said, 2 months ago

   it’s amazing how much money you can make if you don’t have a conscience. until you get caught, anyway.

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   Basqueian said, 2 months ago

   and then, hey, presto, just in time for the press conferences, you suddenly DO have a conscience. Amazing how that works.

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   John Lustig said, 2 months ago

   You have to realize that you’re doing something bad to feel bad about it. Unfortunately, people have an amazing ability to rationalize their bad behavior.

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   HUMPHRIES said, 2 months ago

   It’s shameful a few more people don’t develop this “disability”.

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   GrinsToYa said, 2 months ago

   I never knew a conscience grew… I just thought they slapped you in the face and said… WAKE UP!… just like dear old mom used to do.

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   grazer said, 2 months ago

   There are places one can go to rid oneself of an unwanted conscience. He’s sitting in one.

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   cdward said, 2 months ago

   That’s what the guy he’s talking to thought. Now he’s afraid of getting infected with one himself.

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    shades_is_here said, 2 months ago

    The doom of politicians (mainly Democrats and some Republicans), a conscience.

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    Bdaysuit said, 2 months ago

    Yup, another career down the drain.

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    Lurah said, 2 months ago

    I wish!

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    Superfrog said, 2 months ago

    A lobbyist in a glass of his own.

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    DigitalFrog said, 2 months ago

    next thing you know, he’ll be developing some morals…

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    Mxyxptlk said, 2 months ago

    When it comes to conscience, all politicians are created equal - equally defective.

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    pschearer said, 2 months ago

    Not all lobbyists are bad. Although there can be mixtures, they tend toward two types. One lobbies for unearned benefits secured by the use of government power to tax, regulate, prosecute, and generally harass. The other type tries to defend honest clients from the first type.

    The first type would be impossible and the second type would be unnecessary if government were restricted to its one proper purpose of securing individual rights.

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    BC13 said, 2 months ago

    Amen to that.

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    Potrzebie said, 2 months ago

    Thank you perfesser shearer. Examples please? Don’t use health industry so we don’t start a flaming war please.

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    CogentModality said, 2 months ago

    The NEA, ABA, big oil, big pharma. There’s four. Two from each camp.

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    Dracip said, 2 months ago

    Do we have the right to build our own expressways and sewer systems, you know, each of us individually? Because if we work together it’s socialism…

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    rricchhterr said, 2 months ago

    imagine that…

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    Trebor39 said, 2 months ago

    If a lobbyist got a conscience then that’s a miracle. That guy asking for the check must be a real lobbyist.

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    jayhii said, 2 months ago

    Trebor39- You have it backwards; if the 2nd guy was a real lobbyist, he’d be HANDING out a check. The second guy is either a journalist or a congressman that just realized he’s been wasting his time with that guy.

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    OldHipster said, 2 months ago

    Balogne!

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    Padre5 said, 2 months ago

    I agree - lobbyists hand out checks. The guy asking for the check is high tailing it out of there - getting far away from someone who actually has a @#%&! conscience … it might be catching