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Banana Republicans

By Craig Aaron

Moving to any new city can be disconcerting, but Washington seems farther away from Chicago than just 700 miles. It’s not just the local vernacular of “mark-ups” and “scoring,” all the ink spilled on obscure backbenchers and legislative minutiae, or even my stroll every morning past the young Stepford Republicrats heading for Capitol Hill in their brand new navy blazers.… return to article

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    What can you say other than “the beat goes on”. Lobbying and influence peddling seems to further expand the gap between representation of private citizens vs. business in our political system as the years pass with no sign of changing anytime soon.

    United States Posted by eric sorensen on Jun 24, 2003 at 7:41 AM

    Blah, blah, blah.

    United States Posted by Jon on Jun 29, 2003 at 9:02 AM

    Dear Jon,
    I couldn’t help but to notice a pang of bitterness whenever you leave a comment on articles...From what I’ve read in the past, you like hearing different views...and that’s good. But seriously, Blah blah blah, despite being a good retort for your average 6-year old, isn’t much of an opinion, and as much as i’d love to have you part of this site, you need to be more constructive than that.

    I really do hope The Left isn’t too demanding for you...having to use your brain and all. 

    Canada Posted by Alex on Jul 11, 2003 at 7:18 AM

    I thought it was a cogent and well-considered argument. Keep the flag flying, Jon.

    Spain Posted by jan on Jul 21, 2003 at 11:58 AM
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