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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,

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Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,



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Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Really, it doesn't make any sense to you? Jeez, why am I not surpised.....
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"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message

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Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Really, it doesn't make any sense to you? Jeez, why am I not surpised.....


Of course *you* would understand it. Fragmented and
grammatically-challenged sentence structure seem to be your forte.

Now, would you like to explain what Barnes was referring to with the word
"that", when he said "...*that* was what people should do..."?



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Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:

"Let's talk a minute about John Kerry and George Bush, and I know them
both," said Barnes in the video, which was filmed at a gathering of about
200 Kerry supporters in Austin on May 27. "I got a young man named George W.
Bush into the Texas National Guard when I was lieutenant governor, and I'm
not necessarily proud of that. But I did it. I got a lot of other people in
the National Guard because I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."

"And I walked to the Vietnam Memorial the other day," Barnes continued, "and
I looked at the names of the people that died in Vietnam, and I became more
ashamed of myself than I have ever been, because it was the worst thing I
ever did, was help a lot of wealthy supporters and a lot of people who had
family names of importance get into the National Guard. And I'm very sorry
about that, and I'm very ashamed, and I apologize to you as voters of
Texas."

Barnes then condemned the Republican attacks on John Kerry's war service:
"And I tell you that for the Republicans to jump on John Kerry and say that
he is not a patriot after he went to Vietnam and was shot at and fought for
our freedom and came back here and protested against the war, he's a
flip-flopper, let me tell you: John Kerry is a 100 times better patriot than
George Bush or Dick Cheney."


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"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message

link.net...
Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:


Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no sense.
Now it does.


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"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message

link.net...
Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
nk.net...
I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:


Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no

sense.
Now it does.


Asslicker sure knows how to make a fool of himself......





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He helped rich people avoid service in Viet Nam. I won't mention any
specific people he helped, just that he's ashamed that he helped rich,
powerful families avoid service.

NOYB wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message


link.net...

Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Really, it doesn't make any sense to you? Jeez, why am I not surpised.....



Of course *you* would understand it. Fragmented and
grammatically-challenged sentence structure seem to be your forte.

Now, would you like to explain what Barnes was referring to with the word
"that", when he said "...*that* was what people should do..."?




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I disagree, helping "rich people" is one of the real problems with politics.

As a general statement, it shows how morally corrupt we are as a nation.

NOYB wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message
m...

"NOYB" wrote in message


link.net...

Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:



Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no sense.
Now it does.



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I disagree, helping "rich people" is one of the real problems with politics.

As a general statement, it shows how morally corrupt we are as a nation.
When we get to the specifics, it shows how morally bankrupt the "rich
people" are.

Jim

"basskisser" wrote in message
m...

"NOYB" wrote in message


link.net...

Without providing the context, that quote makes no sense at all.


"Jim" wrote in message
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I thought that was what people should do when
you're in office, and you help a lot of rich people."
-Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas,


Maybe this will help:



Of course it helps...which is precisely why I asked Jim to provide the
context for his quote. By itself, the quote that Jim cited makes no sense.
Now it does.



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