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I tend to be skeptical of coincidence. (Original Post)
Scuba
Jul 2014
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DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)2. uumh...
I believe that Senator Obama voted for the exemption. At least that is what I read somewhere, perhaps on DU.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)3. Not that I don't believe he would, in a heartbeat,
but how did Cheney "give" Halliburton an exemption?
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)4. 74 Senators voted Yes on the bill.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)5. Obviously Cheney didn't even break a tie vote in the Senate,
so how did he "give" Halliburton an exemption?
Too many, although not quite all, of our politicians are craven panderers to big corporations.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)6. As much as I despise Cheney and Halliburton ...
This is mostly BULLSHIT. Makes us look stupid like conservatives.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)7. K&R
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)8. I'm skeptical of the kid who wrote "Heaven is For Real"
I tend to furrow my brow and scratch my head at OPs with no context.