Dem Senators party hard during DNC proceedings..

[kentuck]

They have a right to party but isn't this crossing the line?? Yes, we are voting for Kerry to get rid of Bush but they should not take that as a free ticket to take whatever they want from corporate interests without any scrutiny..

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http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040730&cat=us&st=usconvention_big_party_040729&src=abc

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A Caribbean beach-themed party to honor Democratic Chief Deputy Whip Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana was the blow-out bash of this week's Democratic National Convention. The gathering, with a million-dollar-plus price tag, was held in direct competition with the proceedings on the convention floor.

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The zydeco music was at full blast and the liquor flowing, at the very time Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., was addressing convention delegates about the Republicans' connection to corporate wrongdoing and excess.

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It showed Breaux playing the Cajun washboard through the night to the delight of the crowd, including corporate executives and lobbyists who picked up the bill.

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"You've just got non-stop expensive parties going on, competing with each other and big money, big times, big influence buying," said Fred Wertheimer, president and founder of Democracy21.com, a nonpartisan watchdog organization. He added: "If they get returns, these are very cheap investments because the stakes for the taxpayers are hundreds of million of dollars, can be billions of dollars in terms of corporate tax policies, energy policies and all of it."

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[cheezus]

1. I take the fundie's candy and throw out the bible tract

I can only hope this analogy pans out.