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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 11:57 AM
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Senator Bill "Go Slow" Nelson has taken 1.5 million dollars
from the insurance industry.

"The insurance industry has given $1.5 million to Bill Nelson for the 2010 cycle."

http://www.politicususa.com/en/Finance-Public-Option

These guys need to be questioned. And Bill Nelson is on my radar.
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 11:59 AM
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1. jeez, that's a stunning amount of money.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:05 PM
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3. I read that just the health industry was spending 1.5 million a day
to defeat the public option. I guess I know where a large portion of that cash went.
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:08 PM
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4. a day? & they're whining about losing money on claims?
christ on a cracker, that should be front-page news.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:18 PM
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7. Sorry, it was 1.4 million. Here's the link-
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5934092
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:04 PM
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2. Here is a list from from
the Center for Responsive Politics

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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:16 PM
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5. Thanks, but I am focusing on Bill Nelson, the Florida Senator. I have
never liked him. Two things have galvanized me, the first vote against the public option and I am retiring with LOTS of time on my hand.
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:24 PM
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11. Hey neighbor!
:hi: from a bit to the east of you.

It would be oh-so-nice if we could make Bill Nelson a FORMER Florida Senator.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 01:24 PM
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19. I'm probably further away. I am in the panhandle, red country.
:hi:
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 05:26 PM
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21. Forgotten Coast here....Blue$$Dog country.
Gulf county.
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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:17 PM
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6. No, these guys need to be removed. nt
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:18 PM
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8. Gonna do my best. nt
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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:21 PM
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10. I hear ya....Bayh (D-Eli Lilly) is my Senator.
Edited on Thu Oct-01-09 12:34 PM by Bobbie Jo
Sucks, huh?
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 01:11 PM
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17. Yeah, it does. nt
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:19 PM
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9. $en. Nelson is doing making out just fine on all of this it appears
I understand why we need DINOs for a majority. What I don't understand is why they're allowed to hold seats on powerful committees. All that does it give them opportunities such as this to flex their corrupt wings and disrupt the party agenda, not to mention they blemish everyone in the party with their corruption.
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:28 PM
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13. "...why they're allowed to hold seats on powerful committees."
Why indeed.
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voteearlyvoteoften Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:26 PM
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12. Alan Grayson for Bill Nelsons seat
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 01:11 PM
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16. I'm IN. nt
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watercolors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 01:30 PM
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20. My thoughts also, Nelson has to be replaced!!
nt
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:31 PM
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14. Good Call.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 12:32 PM
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15.  in the music industry it's called payola and it's illegal, but not in the u.s. senate
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 01:12 PM
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18. He's a whore.
Plain and simple.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 05:26 PM
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22. Toss him overboard.
:thumbsdown:
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