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imurhuckleberry Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 01:55 PM
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GOP website that solicits ideas from the internet was paid for with taxpayer money.

>Republicans by law cannot use the americaspeakingout.com website for political purposes, since they established it with taxpayer money.<

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64O5U120100525?type=politicsNews


Ha ha! Anyone have any ideas they want to share with the republiCONS?
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The Wielding Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 02:07 PM
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1. Was it shut down?
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imurhuckleberry Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 02:31 PM
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3. No, it's up and running....

http://www.americaspeakingout.com/

Check it out. They don't appear to be censoring any comments...

For instance I copied this comment:

"Remove caps on oil spill liability so we aren't spending billions of taxpayers' money to clean up the messes caused by (highly profitable) private corporations ."
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 02:17 PM
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2. I heard that on the news this morning.
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 01:28 AM
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4. K & R
:thumbsup:
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