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SergeStorms

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1. How many of the "lawmakers".....

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 03:36 AM

Apr 2018

will have the guts to stand up to the extortion? I'm guessing..........not that many, if any.

Yet another example of why money has to be removed from the election process. Only the wealthy have any real access to our government, and that HAS TO STOP!

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Missouri lawmakers threatened with donor exodus unless they back governor accused of sexual assault [View all] applegrove Apr 2018 OP

How many of the "lawmakers"..... SergeStorms Apr 2018 #1

To Republican governments, please, but yes, +100. Hortensis Apr 2018 #4

Gee Smells Like Corruption To Me - Money Only If You Do As I Say PaulX2 Apr 2018 #2

What happens if he is forced to resign? Is there an election before applegrove Apr 2018 #3

He wont resign unless it is clear that he will Sherman A1 Apr 2018 #7

Claire McCaskill says "That is rampant Corruption." Hortensis Apr 2018 #5

What upstanding Moral Pillars these donors must be... Volaris Apr 2018 #6

Just imagine what this country would look like if the folks who work in government logosoco Apr 2018 #8

I think the last guy who tried that died in a plane crash exboyfil Apr 2018 #9