Ted Kennedy loses it over Republican opposition to the minimum wage increase

[Greeby]

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[AndyA]

1. Kennedy is not a happy camper about this.

And it is so ridiculous that the GOP won't allow a minimum wage increase. How many millions of Americans are earning minimum wage? How much of a chance is there that the GOP is going to get any votes from this group of people in 2008?

Oh, I guess they figure they won't vote. Well, the Dems should make sure that they do!

What a disgrace. I don't know how anybody could possibly say our current mimimum wage is enough to sustain life. There is just no way. It cannot be done.

[Frustratedlady]

10. Raising the minimum wage will cancel out the benefit of hiring

illegal immigrants. The Republicans aren't going to pass it, because they don't want to hurt donations to their war chest.

Iowa passed a minimum wage bill and it was signed into effect, yesterday. It will start on January 1st, I believe.

[haymark]

14. How will that work?

If an employer has to pay $7.25 to a citizen, but can hire an illegal for $4 under the table. Who do you think that employer will hire?

[mzmolly]

15. The same argument can be made for any wage requirement.

But, $7.25 is SLAVE labor no matter who the hell is doing it. And, $5.25 is absurd beyond belief.

[yankeeinlouisiana]

17. The going rate in New Orleans

to hire illegals is $10 an hour. And we can't even get the minimum wage up to $7.25?

:wtf:

[ManWroteTheBible]

41. From what I heard from Deepa Fernandez...

yesterday on Amy Goodman's show, $10 is the advertise wage. According to Deepa, the immigrant workers are enticed to come with the promise of said wage, many had to pay to get the job (sometimes THOUSANDS of dollars). Then once they're here, they have to pay the employer(s) a portion of their salary because neither room-n-board nor transportation is provided. Many of them return home in deeper debt than when they came.
There is a new slavery in America folks, and it is on the backs of immigrants who come here seeking a better life. Sorry to get off topic.

[Spiffarino]

70. It's the company store all over again

You nailed it.

[WinstonSmith4740]

74. Can someone please explain to me...

how these absolutely dirt poor people, who risk life and limb to get here to work for $5/hour (if they're lucky) can afford 1000's of dollars to pay the coyotes to bring them here. I'm not trying to be a wise-ass here...I'm really curious about this. I've been hearing this statistic for years, and I've always wondered about it. I mean, if you can get 1000's of dollars together to be smuggled into another country for a job, why are you leaving where you live??? I know I couldn't pull together $1000 right now. Lot's of people in this country couldn't pull together $100.:shrug:

[papau]

86. Families pool their money to send one person n/t

n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

92. Not just families. Sometimes towns and villages.

:(

[AndyA]

22. Obviously employers doing this aren't going to abide by the law anyway,

regardless of what it is. And that is another issue that must be dealt with. Businesses that undermine the system and break the law should be dealt with severly.

I did read (don't recall where now) that 28 states have already raised the minimum wage, and that employment and the eceonomy in those states is doing very well, better than most.

So, increasing the minimum wage is not hurting business. And it is at least giving the people who need it the most a little more money in their pockets.

It's just so maddening to think how much has been wasted over in Iraq, with no attempt to reconcile where the money went, yet the GOP here in American won't help American citizens earn a better wage.

Even with the increase, it still isn't anywhere near enough, but we've got to start somewhere, I guess.

It really is shameful.

[moose65]

82. Here's a good site to look at

The Department of Labor has a map and also a list of all state minimums:

http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm

Looks like with Iowa, there are now 30 states with higher minimum wages. Hmmm... NC and Florida are the only two southern states with mins higher than the federal. In NC it just went up at the beginning of the year, I think. Look at the Northeast.. what's up with New Hampshire?

[wholetruth]

112. If a business can't pay a living wage AND benefits ....

then they really should not be in busiess at all, or at least just work for themselves as a family business.

[Frustratedlady]

31. I'm referring to the employees who are working under another ID

and Social Security number. Isn't that happening? I can't believe that 12 million illegals are working for pay under the table.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

60. Are you arguing against raising the minimum wage? I ask, because

of your concern that $7.25 won't ward off the "illegals". MKJ

[Spiffarino]

69. So put the employers on notice

Knowingly hire an illegal = Prison

Put the onus on the employers to check paperwork. It's easy. They do it all the time. If they don't and they hire undocumented workers, the workers get deported and the employer goes to jail.

Watch how fast it ends.

[noahmijo]

84. going after the illegal is much more fun

You expect Joe Citizen to turn against his golfing buddy? pff that's boring much more fun to go after the brown person who has no rights in this country.

I've been advocating a plan that goes after the employers first and foremost for years, but the only bills I ever see get passed are the ones that let the employers off but ensure that illegals must learn English, no access to public services, ect

[papau]

87. employers do not needed "under the table" hires to make a profit - but crooked employers will

do what they can get away with. And Bush is a weak enforcer of the laws.

Most employers hire illegals based what they call "good documentation" - where the documentation is a joke.

It is the large quantity of available "legal" illegals willing to work for the minimum that causes the pressure on all wages.

[truedelphi]

27. See haymark's response # 14 n/t

[Blue Gardener]

51. More on the new Iowa minimum wage

Passed by our new democratically controlled legislature!

The legislation, which increases the minimum wage by $2.10 an hour in two stages, was a top priority of the Legislature's new Democratic majority. It is the first bill of the 2007 session that lawmakers sent to the new Democratic governor for his signature.

On April 1, the state minimum wage goes up to $6.20 an hour; next Jan. 1, it rises to $7.25.

Full-time workers will make an extra $4,300 a year.


http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/NEWS10/701260404/1011

[bridgit]

59. republicans, and people that begrudge a living wage simply don't understand...

10's upon 10's of millions of people are below the poverty line or simply don't have the money to participate after increases in everything from taxes to generalized cost of living to food to gas to rent...we need money to buy the crap they have out-sourced even to china and now want us to keep buying to float their phony 'bottom line' economy

there are many no-brainers in this world and a living wage is one of them, a raise in the minimum is a start

[PinkyisBlue]

64. What is worse is that many Republicans DO understand that millions of

people live in poverty and that $5.15 per hour is not enough to live on, and they simply don't care. As long as they can keep their tax cuts and as long as their stocks continue to perform well, they don't care about other people.

[bridgit]

65. yes'im, that's too true...

[radiofreesrini]

98. actually, they are INTO it.

i agree - the repugnicans are not as stupid and blind as they are evil and arrogant. they see the poor and they DIG it. like pol pot getting off on mass murder. like dick cheney snarling about how awesome iraq is going. the repugnicans actively create the conditions for mass poverty, and without a powerful labor movement to scare them politically or militarily, they regard the poor slave for five bucks an hour with GLEE.

remember how stalin created the ukraine famine through economic means. and also remember, this bush character is the same guy who gleefully mocked that poor lady's plea for her life just before sending her to the electric chair while he was governor of texas. i will never forget nor forgive that, and i believe that one act exposes the lie that he's some kind of christian (ha).

what makes torture even possible? isn't that abu ghraib shit disgusting? the ONLY explanation for such atrocities is that someone, somewhere, high up enough to protect the operation and see it go on for months, that person DIGS IT, DIGS IT, DIGS IT. it is like porn to them, or maybe crack. it is impossible to understand for people like us. these "people" LOVE to see the poor suffer, and they have bent over backwards to keep the trend going: in congress, on wall street, at walmart headquarters. they are, indeed, a "vast right-wing conspiracy" = they know that poverty KEEPS PEOPLE TOO BUSY TO VOTE OR OFFICIALLY COMPLAIN, and that the consequent crime rate GIVES COPS JOBS.

poverty is just another critical precondition for fascist takeover - they are like, "RIGHT ON, poor getting poorer, probably only a few years 'til we can send those punk rockers and activists to the FEMA gulags!" Look at New Orleans, and Barbara Bush and Tom DeLay's comments about how totally awesome the disaster was, and how little they have done or care. I posit that they DO care !!! THEY LOVE IT !!! Armageddon in Iran? SOUNDS COOL ! are you ready for some FOOTBALL ?!

what makes me sad is that mao, kim il sung, stalin, pol pot and idi amin got to live their entire lives after obviously enjoying their evil careers to the hilt. we're going to see cheney's skull grinning at us for another thirty years, i betcha. dancing a jig atop the mass graves of a smouldering, radioactive tehran.

my friends, THESE are the kinds of people we're up against - they are exempt from human ethics or decency, they ENJOY the misery of the poor, if more middle class people slip into poverty, well hell that's more room at ivy league colleges for THEIR kids. funny thing, though = i PITY them for this. their lives are sterile, their music is a gutless horror, and they think anne coulter is hot. you couldn't get me to live like that for a billion dollars.

-s

[LaPera]

101. The city & county of San Francisco has a minimum wage of $9.14 hr. it'll be over 10.00 hr.

within the next year.

[SemperEadem]

48. all they have to do is to pander to faux patriotism and pro life issues

like Duncan did in SC today. They'll make gay marriage and immigration an issue and they will get the votes they need.

[usaftmo]

66. Not to mention that the current minimum wage is a lot lower...

in today's money than when it took effect about 10 years ago. 8 dollars in the mid/late 90's doesn't hold the same value now. One could easily make the point that raising the minimum wage is a way to keep wages level with the rising cost of living (gas, insurance, medical care, inflation, etc.).

I think the House version should stay completely intact and dubya would be a true moran to veto this. As a bonus, I hope the House does this again in about 2 or 3 years just to rub it in their faces.

[yy4me]

2. Bravo Senator Kennedy, you are my Senator and I am

proud of you. Thank you for years of hard work on behalf of the everyday American. Every word in this speech is right on the button. Keep it up!

[Nite Owl]

3. Time for Moveon or the DNC

to take his words and put them in an ad. It would crush the GOP.

[jahyarain]

43. agreed

this needs to get out there NOW. and the ad should also include all the tax cuts for the wealthy while some fathers and mothers BOTH have to work two jobs just to pay the interest on that check loan they had to take out when their baby got sick. i've seen it. fuck, i've been there. conservatives are Godless and were there such thing as a hell, they would all burn for eternity.

[Sherman A1]

49. I have forwarded the link

to a few of the folks who just love to pass on the RW Bullcrackers emails to me. Surprisingly, I haven't heard a peep out of them.. Isn't that odd?

[lisby]

4. Teddy, you rock. nt

:bounce: :toast: :hippie: :thumbsup: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :patriot:

[havocmom]

5. The old lion still roars and tries to protect the weak

He is also sending DEMS across the nation the key to winning more:
Stop letting the GOP hamstring us by setting the debate.
Take it to THEM!
Take it to them HARD!
Be direct. Be blunt. BE HEARD!

[yy4me]

6. I love your last line, it is right on the money. It should

be the Democratic party slogan right now!

Be direct.
Be Blunt.
Be HEARD

[clu]

7. hehe

damn he went off

[Burried News]

8. We won't see this on the nightly news unless they can

juxtapose it with some shots at Marta's Vineyard.
Don't let the bastards get you down Ted.

[Fovea]

9. K&R BABY!!!

For one of our living profiles in courage!

Thank you Teddy!

[petepillow]

11. I love the speech, but who was that smirky lady in the side of the screen?

I feel it would have been more effective on TV if that lady didn't crack a smile every time he raised his voice.

[Stevepol]

18. A member of his staff probably. She was smiling about his speech, liking it!

[TheBaldyMan]

29. I think she was quite restrained, I had a huge grin listening to Teddy

especially when he asks what the other side has against working men and women, or what is it that about ordinary hard-workjng Americans offends them so badly.

It was a beautiful and impassioned speech.

[athena]

53. What's really sad is that there was probably no one on the other side.

From "The Audacity of Hope", pp. 14-15:

Except for the few minutes that it takes to vote, my colleagues and I don't spend much time on the Senate floor. Most of the decisions -- about what bills to call and when to call them, about how amendments will be handled and how uncooperative senators will be made to cooperate -- have been worked out well in advance by the majority leader, the relevant committee chairman, their staffs, and (depending on the degree of controversy involved and the magnanimity of the Republican handling the bill) their Democratic counterparts. By the time we reach the floor and the clerk starts calling the roll, each of the senators will have determined -- in consultation with his or her staff, caucus leader, preferred lobbyists, interest groups, constituent mail, and ideological leanings -- just how to position himself on the issue.

It makes for an efficient process, which is much appreciated by the members, who are juggling twelve- or thirteen-hour schedules and want to get back to their offices to meet constituents or return phone calls, to a nearby hotel to cultivate donors, or to the television studio for a live interview. If you stick around, though, you may see one lone senator standing at his desk after the others have left, seeking recognition to deliver a statement on the floor. It may be an explanation of a bill he's introducing, or it may be a broader commentary on some unmet national challenge. The speaker's voice may flare with passion; his arguments -- about cuts to programs for the poor, or obstructionism on judicial appointments, or the need for energy independence -- may be soundly constructed. But the speaker wil be addressing a near-empty chamber: just the presiding officer, a few staffers, the Senate reporter, and C-SPAN's unblinking eye. The speaker will finish. A blue-uniformed page will silently gather the statement for the official record. Another senator may enter as the first one departs, and she will stand at her desk, seek recognition, and deliver her statement, repeating the ritual.

In the world's greatest deliberative body, no one is listening.

[TheBaldyMan]

63. It sound's just like the House of Commons

packed to the rafters at PMQs or a major bill, almost deserted seconds after the main two parties' front bench have had their say.

It's a bear pit twice a week and like a funeral parlour most of the time.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

57. She seemed moved by his words. n/t

MKJ

[druidity33]

81. Ted is passionate...

and i noticed he kept moving back and forth in his seating area... getting closer and closer to her, i think she was giggling/smirky because she thought he was gonna ram right into her and knock her off her chair while he was a raging. Towards the end she kept putting on a little frown to hide the smile, but it didn't work. I agree that she's probably one of his staffers and i bet they had a laugh over it afterwards...

:shrug:

[Pool Hall Ace]

12. Republicans don't care about anyone who works for a living

yet so many will still vote for them because they believe they will protect them from gays and other perceived evils.

I'm grateful that Senator Kennedy is speaking up for working people.

[SaveElmer]

13. That was a thing of beauty....

Give em Hell Ted!

[Zenlitened]

16. Sweet! Kennedy to Republicans: "Do you have such disdain for hard-working Americans?"

Answer that, GOP.

And this:

"What is it about it working men and women that you find so offensive, that you won't permit a vote? This is filibuster by delay and amendments. I've been around here long enough to know it when I see it, and smell it. And that's it looks like, that's what it is. Make no mistake about it. Make no mistake about it."

Rock on, Senator Kennedy! :patriot:

If passion and plain talk are "losing it," then we could do with a few more people "losing it" over the major issues facing our nation today.

All this slippery Republican political game-playing... enough is is enough.

[bobbie]

19. I love you Senator Kennedy

You've been through hell, and you still care passionately about the poor and the powerless. You're the Senator for the entire United States, and we're lucky to have you Sir.

[lovuian]

20. Republicans are Bastards and evil the Poor is trash to them

God help them when judgement day comes

I won't judge them but they will be judged for the evil they have wrought on hardworking people

Bastards

Kennedy is telling it like it is

[PegDAC]

58. Social Darwinism.

They see poverty as a character flaw.

[helderheid]

21. Bless his heart!

[G_Leo_Criley]

23. thanks Ted...

So proud that he is my Senator.

:patriot:

glc

[LSK]

24. WOW! THAT WAS AWESOME!!!

[mzmolly]

25. So good to have such a passionate and bold man working for "the people."

:toast:

[tblue]

26. I adore you, Senator Kennedy! I'd follow you to the ends of the earth.

[ShortnFiery]

28. Oh Yeah! That's excellent :-)

Go Ted Kennedy! :applause:

[diane in sf]

30. Thank you Senator Kennedy eom

[Coexist]

32. knr

[emmadoggy]

33. That was beautiful. Passionate anger.

That's what I want to hear from Dems. And on this issue, I can only imagine how frustrated and angry he must be after trying for so long to get it done.

Thank you, Senator Kennedy for your service and dedication to this issue and for all you do!

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Morgana LaFey]

34. "when does the greed stop?"

"Filibuster by delay, amendments."

Great stuff. Great man.

[ThomCat]

38. That was truly awesome!

It's too bad the republicans are apparently incapable of feeling any shame. x(

[ManWroteTheBible]

44. They feel shame...

that's why they do this shit under cover of darkness. "Filibuster by delay, or ammendment..." If they weren't ashamed, they'd filibuster out in the open. They're cockroaches on an unlit kitchen floor. Turn on the light and they scurry away!

[ThomCat]

45. Welcome to DU.

That is a truly awesome ID you have. :hi:

[EV_Ares]

35. God Bless you Senator Kennedy for fighting for the rights of the working

man and woman. When does the greed stop? When the people of this country wakes up and sees what the republican party is all about.

[durrrty libby]

36. Love him

[ClevelandSportsCurse]

37. WOW. He held nothing back.

[mconvente]

39. That made my day!

God I cant fucking stand motherfucking asshole fucker repukes. FUCKING SON OF A BITCH THEY ARE SUCH ASSHOLES!

Senator Kennedy, :yourock:

[RL3AO]

40. Beautiful

That was great. Brought a smile to my face.

[Mojambo]

42. Niiiiiiiice. n/t

[nytemare]

46. Has there been a study on the effect of the last minimum wage increase?

I hear all these pukes spewing stupidity, saying that prices would go up, people would lose their jobs, etc, etc.

Well, prices HAVE frigging gone up. The highest gas got under Clinton in my area was $1.60. It got to 3.10 under Bush, and now it is still 70 cents a gallon more than it was at its highest under Clinton.

I would be interested to find a study to refute all these asses. They said the same thing about the increase in the 90's.

[colorado_ufo]

47. Still the Lion of the Senate.

Incredible, powerful speaker.

[Lucky Luciano]

50. He said conscientious republicans during that speech!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[sweetheart]

52. "When does the greed stop, we ask the other side.."

God bless him.

[Cobalt Violet]

67. How many billions dollar more are you asking, are you requiring?

I love my Senator.:loveya: :loveya:

[Xipe Totec]

54. My Man!

Give them hell, Ted!

[Blackbird_Highway]

55. What is it about working people...

that you find so offensive?


Ooh, ooh! I can answer that one! They don't contribute thousands of dollars to Repuke politicians, that's what!

Government for the rich, by the rich.

[rhiannon55]

56. Ted Kennedy is a great man

That speech was one for the history books, impassioned and honest and real. How refreshing.

Thank you Uncle Teddy! You are a true patriot! I'm glad you're on our side!:patriot: :applause:

[ladywnch]

61. I didn't realize he still had any stones..

I mean asking repugs what they find about working class americans so offensive?!!! whoa! I only wish more working class americans actually heard his rant.

[moc]

62. God Bless Ted Kennedy!

:patriot:

[Califooyah Operative]

75. Amen. nt

[aaronbees]

68. Beautiful, noble speech

He still has the fire in him. Thanks senator, for standing up for so many Americans. :)

[bluescribbler]

71. "When does the greed end?"

That's the question we should all be asking. Bravo to Senatoe kennedy for asking it. So proud to have voted for him again and again.

[WinstonSmith4740]

72. I really, really needed this speech tonight!

This came just in time. I was watching Keith and finding myself beginning to seethe at all the righteous indignation on BOTH sides of the aisle all of a sudden. While I welcome their sudden display of spine, the fact that they're shocked, SHOCKED! by the fact that Junior is a lying idiot, who has been using 9/11 since it happened to divide and terrify this country, all to consolidate the power of the neo-con whack jobs, and enrich the corporate donors. They bemoan his shredding of The Constitution, his disdain for civil rights, his desire for an imperial presidency, his deafness to all would disagree or even offer advice. He's suddenly "worse than Nixon." SO WHERE THE HELL WERE THESE PEOPLE FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS??? Did they really think he was who he campaigned as? Even if they bought the "compassionate conservative", "uniter, not a divider" bullshit, he disproved that within weeks of seizing office. Were they that impressed with his tenure as Texas governor that they thought he was even mildly competent?

Screw these people. When he was riding high in the polls, they were throwing themselves at his feet. Now that there's blood in the water, they're circling like the sharks they are.

Thanks again, Ted!!! At least you've stood up to him all along.:yourock:

[gemlake]

73. I wouldn't say "loses it"

It was a compelling, powerful speech. Go, Ted!

[BigBearJohn]

76. I agree. I can't remember when I was so proud of a Kennedy!

[donheld]

77. I love you Mr Kennedy

The Republic party can say what they want about this man, but he's always been on the side of the working people.

[twylatharp]

78. He was great

more need to be like him

[Divine Discontent]

79. wowoowooow!

love him, GOD BLESS HIM!

so pissed, as he should be... they're a bunch of liars and hypocrites and he called them on it.



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[trouble97018]

80. Ted Kennedy

He did his brothers proud.

The video is also up on CenTab at http://centab.headonradionetwork.com/

It's a thing of beauty!

[Nimrod2005]

83. We love this Senator.....LOVE HIM BIG TIME!

[Vinca]

85. Bravo, Ted. You called them what they are: greedy. nt

[Peggy Day]

88. I called the RNC to complain. Thought I'd get them all at once.

Probably won't do any good, but maybe. I told them I was embarrassed for them.

[bleedingheart]

89. Excellent Speech!!! and what is the republic reply ????

they won't answer that they despise the average american.

[rhett o rick]

90. What the hell happened to the idea of an "Up or Down Vote"? nm

[Pacifist Patriot]

91. When does the greed stop indeed!

[cynthia]

93. When is the greed going to end?

The Republics ought to be ashamed of themselves!

[harun]

94. God bless Ted Kennedy, great talk (n/t)

[confludemocrat]

95. A reminder why ALL Republicans are hateful assholes. Every GD one of 'em

just when I despair over the low quality of the Dem 2008 field, I am reminded of this hard, coldly true fact: they are disgusting every one

[rjstephanjr]

96. We need more.

We need more public officials to be this adamant about what
they want.

[FourScore]

97. Wow. Just wow.

[IWantAChange]

99. Senator Kennedy - Democrats - Passion for People - wake up America.

This is a country that (up until King George and the neocons) has always been based solely on HOPE - not FEAR - and you better get on board the Democratic train cuz its leaving the station toward the final stop in '08.

[applegrove]

100. Wow!

[kenfrequed]

102. This has to be it

This should be the news cycle. It is honest and direct and needs to be said again and again.

The best possible thing would be to contrast this with the corporate tax breaks and the ridiculous repeal of the estate tax.

[sandyd921]

103. Absolutely the right question!

When will the greed stop?!?!?!?

Repuke greed exceeds all bounds of decency! Where is their shame? :puke:

Thank you Senator Kennedy for standing up for what is right! :patriot:

[lonestarnot]

104. Shit!

Too late to recommend!

[GoneOffShore]

105. But not too late to keep it kicked.

[lonestarnot]

107. yes, so

:kick:

[twylatharp]

106. No wonder the "evil ones" hate him

It only it weren't for his past, he is a great speaker and would have been a great Representative of US citizens (which we do NOT have now)

[johnlal]

108. Want more money?

Join a union. Don't wait for the government to raise the minimum wage. The Government is slow and self-interested. Unless you have a powerful voice behind you, you will get cheated again and again. JOIN A UNION.

[DiscoverTruth]

109. Fact checking

People write us off as insane idiots when we make outrageous statements....the truth is only 1.8 million wage earners make the minimum wage and a good portion of those earners live in middle to upper income homes (meaning younger workers employed at the mall). Increases in the minimum wage cause unemployment to rise!! Let the job market determine wages, not disconnected politicians (from BOTH parties) in DC. Hell, even WalMart will start you off at $9.

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[UrbScotty]

111. No wonder the GOP hates him (nt)

[NDN_Liberal]

113. I Was Almost in Tears

by 2:40 left in the clip :cry: .
If only there were more politicians like him.