I can't shake the feeling that these two posts are connected

[NJmaverick]

Looking over the discussion front page, I see these two posts nearly next to one another

MoveOn tops $1 million in 2 days from anti-Lieberman donations

MoveOn.Org Comes Out Against Senate Health Care Bill

[mmonk]

1. No need to.

They are.

[eleny]

2. They broke with the administration on the Afghanistan escalation and now this

Good.

K&R

[DJ13]

3. The WH underestimated the importance of the public option to the base

Theres nothing more to it than that.

[Romulox]

4. I'm working on a script that will automatically UNREC posts by certain posters.

/execute script!

[NJmaverick]

6. No need that sort of automated (and mindless) response already is working fine here

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. And why not? Lieberman, whose wife works for the inusrance industry, is

not someone I want tinkering with our health care reforms.

[AllentownJake]

7. You would be correct

because the donations probably came with messages that the members didn't support a bill without a public option

[NJmaverick]

8. Yup it seems money talks in more places than Congress

[AllentownJake]

9. Well they are a progressive lobbying group

One would expect a lobbyist group would do the will of its donors whether it is one for Goldman Sachs or left baggers.

[NJmaverick]

10. Well I am not a big one on the whole $$$$ buying a voice thing

[ima_sinnic]

11. yet you have no problem with the entire administration being bought

when are you going to come out of your coma?

[NJmaverick]

13. That's a charge that is made in direct contradiction to the evidence

[AllentownJake]

14. Goldman Sachs is the number two largest entity in giving money to the campaign

Do you think they have gotten their moneys worth?

[NJmaverick]

15. I am pretty sure that fact alone wouldn't even garner an indictment

Interestingly number one is University of California. Have they gotten their money's worth?

[AllentownJake]

16. Sure did

Check out the stimulus and research dollars flowing from the US Treasury...oh I guess you were thinking of the students.

I'd rather Cal get money than Goldman anyway.

Not a bad thing, just saying :shrug:

[ima_sinnic]

17. what "evidence" is that? (nt)

[AllentownJake]

12. Either am I

However it is the political reality. If we had publicly financed campaigns the banking industry would be in jail and we would have had single payer right now.