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seems to me that the republicans decided to try to maintain brand identity on this by trying to maintain their fatuous old "wasteful government spending" mantra which of course refers to all state spending that does not directly benefit the patronage network that backs the republican party in the main (for example "national security" anyone?)...and the other factor seems to be some pissiness about not being able to determine more about the overall nature of this bill, which comes out in the various whining statements about "being frozen out." so the calculation is obvious: abstain, complain and hope that it fails, because the positioning is geared toward that...
it's been a long-standing republican/populist conservative tic to be incapable of distinguishing partisan interests from national interests. narcissism is the word, i believe.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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