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Dan BrettaFine then Joe, don't educate yourself.
And Tom, I agree the present vote should be done away with, but that's for Illinois voters to worry about, but to disparage someone for using a political tool that's been given to them is disingenuous to say the least. It's like using someone's vote in congress against them without knowing what's attached to that bill that made them want to vote against it.
If we want real reform in this country then we'll demand that bills don't have anything attached to them....a bill has to stand on its own. A lot of bad crap gets passed through congress because someone attaches their pet project to it in order to get enough votes to pass. You want federal money for your bridge to nowhwere? Put it in an appropriations bill.
edited to add: The outright bribery that took place in congress last week to pass the bailout bill should be criminal. Someone sold their vote on that bill for 6 million dollars worth of wooden arrows. Makes me want to puke.