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Rush Limbaugh LIVE Thread - Wednesday Jan. 4th
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Posted on 01/04/2006 8:44:53 AM PST by MNJohnnie

Abramoff Lobbying & Political Contributions to Democrats, per FEC Records

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500

* Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500

* Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250

* Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000

* Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250

* Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765

* Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500

* Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950

* Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000

* Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500

* Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792

* Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300

* Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000

* Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000

* Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250

* Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750

* Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000

* Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000

* Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250

* Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300

* Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550

* Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000 * Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000

* Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000

* Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830

* Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891

* Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550

* Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991

* Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168

* Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200

* Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500

* Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300

* Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500

* Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941

* Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000

* Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500

* Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300

* Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550

* Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250

* Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least – $6,250 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $423,480

Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $354,700

Democratic National Cmte $65,720

Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) $42,500
Patty Murray (D-Wash) $40,980
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000
Harry Reid (D-Nev) $30,500
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $28,000
Tom Daschle (D-SD) $26,500
Democratic Party of Michigan $23,000
Brad R. Carson (D-Okla) $20,600
Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) $19,000
Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $17,500
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $15,500
Democratic Party of Oklahoma $15,000
Chris John (D-La) $15,000
John Breaux (D-La) $13,750
Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) $13,600
Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) $12,000
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $11,500
Barney Frank (D-Mass) $11,100
Max Baucus (D-Mont) $11,000
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $10,000
Democratic Party of North Dakota $10,000
Nick Rahall (D-WVa) $10,000

Democratic Party of South Dakota $9,500

Democratic Party of Minnesota $9,000

Ron Kind (D-Wis) $9,000

Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $8,500

Joe Baca (D-Calif) $8,000

Dick Durbin (D-Ill) $8,000

Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) $7,523

Tim Johnson (D-SD) $7,250

Democratic Party of New Mexico $6,250

Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) $6,000

David E. Bonior (D-Mich) $5,000

Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) $5,000

Democratic Party of Montana $5,000

Fritz Hollings (D-SC) $5,000

Jay Inslee (D-Wash) $5,000

Thomas P. Keefe Jr. (D-Wash) $5,000

Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $5,000

Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $5,000

Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) $4,500

Tom Carper (D-Del) $4,000

Kent Conrad (D-ND) $4,000

Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis) $4,000

Sander Levin (D-Mich) $4,000

Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) $4,000

George Miller (D-Calif) $4,000

Kalyn Cherie Free (D-Okla) $3,500

James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) $3,500

Charles J. Melancon (D-La) $3,100

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $3,000

Cal Dooley (D-Calif) $3,000

John B. Larson (D-Conn) $3,000

David R. Obey (D-Wis) $3,000

Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) $3,000

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $3,000

Richard M. Romero (D-NM) $3,000

Brad Sherman (D-Calif) $3,000

Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss) $3,000

Max Cleland (D-Ga) $2,500

Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) $2,500

Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) $2,500

Bill Luther (D-Minn) $2,250

Gene Taylor (D-Miss) $2,250

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) $2,000

Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $2,000

Dan Boren (D-Okla) $2,000

Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn) $2,000

John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $2,000

Doug Dodd (D-Okla) $2,000

Ned Doucet (D-La) $2,000

Lane Evans (D-Ill) $2,000

Sam Farr (D-Calif) $2,000

John Neely Kennedy (D-La) $2,000

Carl Levin (D-Mich) $2,000

Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) $2,000

Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $2,000

Robert Menendez (D-NJ) $2,000

Adam Schiff (D-Calif) $2,000
Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) $2,000
Adam Smith (D-Wash) $2,000
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) $2,000
Mike Thompson (D-Calif) $2,000
Maxine Waters (D-Calif) $2,000
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) $1,500
Norm Dicks (D-Wash) $1,500
John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,400
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) $1,000
Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif) $1,000
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $1,000
Jim Costa (D-Calif) $1,000
Susan A. Davis (D-Calif) $1,000
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) $1,000
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $1,000
Tim Holden (D-Pa) $1,000
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $1,000
Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) $1,000
Jim Maloney (D-Conn) $1,000
David Phelps (D-Ill) $1,000
Charles S. Robb (D-Va) $1,000
Brian David Schweitzer (D-Mont) $1,000
Pete Stark (D-Calif) $1,000
Gloria Tristani (D-NM) $1,000
Derrick B. Watchman (D-Ariz) $1,000
Rick Weiland (D-SD) $1,000
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) $1,000
Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $1,000
Bob Borski (D-Pa) $720
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $500
Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) $500
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) $500
Democratic Party of Washington $500
Barbara Lee (D-Calif) $500
Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $500

Grand Total $1,541,673


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To: AliVeritas

Miss'n' U ping


141 posted on 01/04/2006 9:56:51 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (I might be wrong, but I'm always right.)
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To: AGreatPer

There are at least 2 possibilities: 1) that there are honest Republicans and they don't believe in the "everybody does it" defense or 2) a clean sweep of both Houses is in order.


142 posted on 01/04/2006 9:57:44 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: saveliberty

Hmm curious how desperate they are to spike the Democrat Party's ties to Abrhamoff


143 posted on 01/04/2006 9:58:18 AM PST by MNJohnnie (We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
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To: A.Hun
Rush made the point that he didn't want to repeal the First Amendment the way the journalists did with the McCain - Feingold, but he did want to hold journalism accountable for caring about being factual.

I modestly respond that over the years since 9-11, in this thread, I have done significant First Amendment and economic analysis of that problem.


144 posted on 01/04/2006 9:59:04 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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To: MNJohnnie

True. But it's always good to read the opposition. And Slate isn't as bad as some others.


145 posted on 01/04/2006 9:59:24 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: MNJohnnie

Sorry, I wasn't trying to make the inference that you were. There was a good article on Anklebiting pundits to throw the bad Republicans under the bus.


146 posted on 01/04/2006 10:02:02 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: 76834

I don't see a list.


147 posted on 01/04/2006 10:05:02 AM PST by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: mewzilla

Me too!
What's right is right @#&*it.

mc


148 posted on 01/04/2006 10:05:02 AM PST by mcshot (May you travel down paths of truth in your journey.)
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To: AGreatPer

"Wow, this is almost like term limits. Love it. Sweep them all out and start over."


LOL! My husband has been saying this for years! Maybe this will workout for the best!


149 posted on 01/04/2006 10:06:01 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Thanks, bookmark for later read.


150 posted on 01/04/2006 10:06:40 AM PST by A.Hun (Democrats suck worse than ice storms.)
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To: 76834

Sorry to have bothered you. I refreshed, it came up.


151 posted on 01/04/2006 10:07:58 AM PST by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: mcshot

LOL! One day, a programmer is going to make a lot of money by creating a closet curse code.

Click on the link
Type in what you really want to say
Click okay
Scrambles the word(s)

To unscramble, highlight the word or phrase. Right click.
Unscrambles the words

Avoids the trip to HR :-)


152 posted on 01/04/2006 10:07:59 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: AGreatPer
Great question from Rush. What if the whole Congress gets tainted from this?

Maybe it's time to float the idea for true campaign finance reform that is guaranteed to work -- repeal the 17th amendment and eliminate 33 of the most expensive elections that occur every two years.

If we no longer have Senatorial elections and revert back to the Statehouses appointing their Senators, then this money spigot from lobbyists to Congress will dry up. I can't see that kind of money flowing to the House of Representatives who are elected by much smaller populations of voters. Besides, there are 435 of them, which is too many to have effective lobbying during election time, especially with gerrymandered districts. Eliminating the Senatorial elections is the cleanest way to go. Plus, it will restore the balance of power between the people and the states in Congress.

With the politicians being scared by the Abramoff scandal and desperate for face-saving measures, they might be bullied into going for it, since their image will be at such a low point. If you think about it further, additional arguments can be made:

1) The amendment would originate in the House, where it's possible that it might pass. That would leave the Senate looking like obstructionists at a time when they also look corrupt from taking bribes.

2) They can be shamed (?) by asking if they are afraid of facing their own state legislations. If they enjoy the popular votes of their home states, why would they fear not being sent back by those same people's elected state leaders?

That's why I suggest that the time is now to make a push for this. A grass-roots campaign would have to convince the people that the Senate can't be trusted with all the money that is thrown at them, and the only solution is to remove the reason for the money, which is removing the elections that need the campaign financing.

Our government was originally constituted with an appointed Senate. I think that a Senate that is beholden to State legislatures would be less motivated to spend money, or to impose unfunded mandates on the state legislatures that send them to Washington, or to take tax revenues away from the state legislatures that send them to Washington. What good is buying power if the state legislature refuses to send you back? What good is buying power from the state legislature if the local constituents don't vote them back?

It's the Kennedys, Rockefellers, Boxers, et. al., that I'm concerned with, who can fool the people once every 6 years with huge campaign warchests that opponents can't match. If you make these Senators have to make the state legislatures happy, things will be different or the states will send one of their own (who is being groomed for the role) in their place.

-PJ

153 posted on 01/04/2006 10:08:11 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

Can we withhold their salaries?


154 posted on 01/04/2006 10:08:26 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: Political Junkie Too

That would undo Schumer, Clinton, Kennedy, Kerry in one swell foop ;-)


155 posted on 01/04/2006 10:09:30 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: rightinthemiddle

If that's the case, then the Barret Report needs to be released in it's entirety. The public has the right to know, after all :)


156 posted on 01/04/2006 10:09:57 AM PST by jw777
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To: jw777

12 more days. Call your Congressman


157 posted on 01/04/2006 10:10:25 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: Sensei Ern
http://blog.watchright.com/index.php?itemid=177

http://www.sans.org/newsletters/privacybits/privacybits.php?vol=2&issue=30#200

http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2043196

This was apparently in a report Ashcroft gave to Congess in June? of 2004. The people were not named in the report. I can't find the report itself.

If so, this is the first example of the Patriot Act being used in this manner. Maybe someone can find a copy of the report. No name, just that is is 29 pages long is all I could get on the fly.

158 posted on 01/04/2006 10:10:33 AM PST by A.Hun (Democrats suck worse than ice storms.)
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To: MNJohnnie

I believe I understand the point you are making by not posting a link to the list of ALL who have received money from Abramoff, but having a list of Dems who also got money without a source won't convince anyone. I'd love to throw the list you presented in the face of some liberals I know who constantly trash President Bush and the Republicans, but when the ask my source, and I tell them MNJohnnie from Free Republic posted it, do you really think a RAT is going to buy that? I hope you reconsider, and post a link to your source. I hate making a claim, being told to "prove it," and not having a source to go to.


159 posted on 01/04/2006 10:11:07 AM PST by Catholic Iowan
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To: saveliberty

We can only dream............:0)


160 posted on 01/04/2006 10:11:17 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
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