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British Conservatives Have Another “Cash for Access” Scandal


Apparently, if you donate at least 200,000 pounds to the Conservative Party of Britain- the Tories- you can go to dinners with Prime Minister David Cameron and “you can ask him practically any question you want”.  “Thing will open up for you… it will be good for your business.”  Oh, and “If you’re unhappy about something, we will listen to you and put it into the policy committee at number 10”. Continue reading

Republicans Try to Create Their Own “Sandra Fluke” Moment

In the wake of the lessons learned from Sandra Fluke, what the Republicans seem to take from it all is not to be apologetic or remorseful of the wrongdoings of one of their sycophant, mouth pieces, but to find ever inventive ways to recreate the media firestorm that followed Rush Limbaugh’s vitriolic, odd, predatory, and cruel comments about Fluke, a private person speaking publicly about a national issue — but to their advantage. Continue reading