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brooklynite

(94,481 posts) Mon Nov 18, 2019, 12:24 PM Nov 2019

"Quid Pro Quo" vs bribery and extortion...

I had lunch last week with a messaging guru who's been advising the Democrats.

Voters don't read Latin, but they do watch cop shows.....

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"Quid Pro Quo" vs bribery and extortion... (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2019 OP

'Bribery' freshens things up some empedocles Nov 2019 #1

"Bribery" is a much better term... VarryOn Nov 2019 #2

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

1. 'Bribery' freshens things up some

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Mon Nov 18, 2019, 12:46 PM

Nov 2019

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)

2. "Bribery" is a much better term...

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Mon Nov 18, 2019, 01:14 PM

Nov 2019

to use. Quid pro quo isn’t always a bad thing; bribery always is.

Maybe after three years of the impeachment effort, the PT maybe getting their act together!

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