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Old 10-02-2006, 05:44 AM
graarrg graarrg is offline
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Default Re: are online poker players enough to tip the election

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I was thinking the same thing and think the answer is yes. If each of 500,000 players convinced their family to vote differently then it could make a difference.

See, here is the problem there is no material difference between Republican and Democrat. Look at the vote we just had. Two un-patriots voted against the ports deal. ONLY TWO!

So in this issue there was no party difference.

It makes me want to puke.

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You shouldn't underestimate the power of Hill politics. This was a much needed bill that most Congressmen would not want to be caught dead opposing. Any sort of opposition would be like a Congressman voting no to "Do you support our troops? Y/N." Riders make it through because they're either part of negotiation in a controversial bill to pick up more votes, or because they're tacked on to the most uncontroversial bill possible.
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