We know who they work for. We know it's NOT us.

[Triana]

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Blatant corruption has become a way of life for Those people .

[delrem]

2. I hear that everybody does it and that it's absolutely necessary to win.

Then in small print is the admonition that when the yellow team does it, it's a no-no, but when the green team does it, it's perfectly acceptable and normal,
and in yet smaller print the refrain is repeated "because it's absolutely necessary to win".

[Initech]

3. George Carlin knew what was up.

[brooklynite]

4. Question -- do you believe the bill would NOT have been filibustered under any conditions?

"Buying votes" is a silly notion, because it implies that if our side could provide a higher price, the votes in Congress would shift accordingly. That's not the case. These people vote the way they do because they believe in those issues. The money follows as a way to provide them support and protection.