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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176786</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bashi&#124;JFC

Your batting average won&#039;t change!
Door #2! 

I just want you both to know that I see what y&#039;all did there, and I can&#039;t stop laughing. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bashi|JFC</p>
<p>Your batting average won't change!<br />
Door #2! </p>
<p>I just want you both to know that I see what y'all did there, and I can't stop laughing. :)</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176624</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 03:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don,

Yikes! What&#039;s up with derogatory word salad?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don,</p>
<p>Yikes! What's up with derogatory word salad?</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176622</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 01:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NY-13

You wascal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NY-13</p>
<p>You wascal.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176619</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JTC,  

&lt;i&gt;Then now&#039;s the time to strike if you&#039;re the Democrats. Convince corporate America that in the long run, they are the more bankable asset.&lt;/i&gt;

That SHOULDN&#039;T be a problem ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JTC,  </p>
<p><i>Then now's the time to strike if you're the Democrats. Convince corporate America that in the long run, they are the more bankable asset.</i></p>
<p>That SHOULDN'T be a problem ...</p>
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		<title>By: James T Canuck</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176617</link>
		<dc:creator>James T Canuck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 23:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm...

Then now&#039;s the time to strike if you&#039;re the Democrats. Convince corporate America that in the long run, they are the more bankable asset.

Things aren&#039;t going to change with Republicans, except for the worse, again. Their ranks are dwindling as the Reagan-era optimists trickle down off this mortal coil.

Their voter suppression will backfire resoundingly, again. Democrats hate being out-voted (see 2016 and &#039;20).

How long can the GOP go on emulating Trump and the Dumpster-Kids antics before it becomes a complete and utter farce.


Here&#039;s how you fix everyone&#039;s wagon in my view-- Because elections are big business and therefore the cash is needed, have it be a publicly overseen slush-fund given equally to both sides (or more...hadn&#039;t forgotten about the Judean Peoples Popular front)-- or -- Have corporate America publically choose sides so people can pick and choose like a Chinese takeaway menu--or lastly-- banish them totally and make them all go Bernie with small donations only.



For Matt Gaetz...


From the window of your rented limousine
I caught your pretty blue eyes...

One day soon you&#039;re gonna reach sixteen
Painted lady in the city of lies...

Clutching pages from your teenage dream in the lobby of the Hotel Paradise...

Through the circus of the L.A. Queens, how fast you learn the downhill slide...



Fucking shirt-lifter.


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm...</p>
<p>Then now's the time to strike if you're the Democrats. Convince corporate America that in the long run, they are the more bankable asset.</p>
<p>Things aren't going to change with Republicans, except for the worse, again. Their ranks are dwindling as the Reagan-era optimists trickle down off this mortal coil.</p>
<p>Their voter suppression will backfire resoundingly, again. Democrats hate being out-voted (see 2016 and '20).</p>
<p>How long can the GOP go on emulating Trump and the Dumpster-Kids antics before it becomes a complete and utter farce.</p>
<p>Here's how you fix everyone's wagon in my view-- Because elections are big business and therefore the cash is needed, have it be a publicly overseen slush-fund given equally to both sides (or more...hadn't forgotten about the Judean Peoples Popular front)-- or -- Have corporate America publically choose sides so people can pick and choose like a Chinese takeaway menu--or lastly-- banish them totally and make them all go Bernie with small donations only.</p>
<p>For Matt Gaetz...</p>
<p>From the window of your rented limousine<br />
I caught your pretty blue eyes...</p>
<p>One day soon you're gonna reach sixteen<br />
Painted lady in the city of lies...</p>
<p>Clutching pages from your teenage dream in the lobby of the Hotel Paradise...</p>
<p>Through the circus of the L.A. Queens, how fast you learn the downhill slide...</p>
<p>Fucking shirt-lifter.</p>
<p>LL&amp;L</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
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		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Jimmy is not perfect&lt;/i&gt;

You got that right. He&#039;s an unfunny comedian who apparently took a look at Sean Hannity and/or Alex Jones and said to himself, &quot;Hey, I can do that!&quot;

The fact that you buy his snake oil makes you a poor judge of character and unfit to judge credibility.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Jimmy is not perfect</i></p>
<p>You got that right. He's an unfunny comedian who apparently took a look at Sean Hannity and/or Alex Jones and said to himself, "Hey, I can do that!"</p>
<p>The fact that you buy his snake oil makes you a poor judge of character and unfit to judge credibility.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176615</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 20:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Jimmy is not perfect, but still has much more credibility than CW.&lt;/i&gt;

In your dreams... A loud mouth, tell you what you want to hear Alex Jones of the left is no match for the well researched columns of CW.  

But hey, why don&#039;t you reach out and hound him? Maybe he will let you on his show. OK zero chance of that, but your batting average won&#039;t change...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Jimmy is not perfect, but still has much more credibility than CW.</i></p>
<p>In your dreams... A loud mouth, tell you what you want to hear Alex Jones of the left is no match for the well researched columns of CW.  </p>
<p>But hey, why don't you reach out and hound him? Maybe he will let you on his show. OK zero chance of that, but your batting average won't change...</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176612</link>
		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 17:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bashi,

My money is on Door #2, but I don&#039;t Jimmy thinks much. He lies on autopilot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bashi,</p>
<p>My money is on Door #2, but I don't Jimmy thinks much. He lies on autopilot.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176611</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don [12]-

Did you check some real journalistic sources to get the full story or did you just let Jimmy Dore think for you? 

The real story is she has a beef with the DCCC for not properly funding progressive candidates. Because she is popular, she is a fund raising machine and decided to donate to many of the democratic house members independently. The more centrist members are annoyed because now they have to defend an AOC donation. But at least she understands how politics works and the importance of keeping the house in hopes of getting more Senate seats so major legislation can get passed after 2022...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don [12]-</p>
<p>Did you check some real journalistic sources to get the full story or did you just let Jimmy Dore think for you? </p>
<p>The real story is she has a beef with the DCCC for not properly funding progressive candidates. Because she is popular, she is a fund raising machine and decided to donate to many of the democratic house members independently. The more centrist members are annoyed because now they have to defend an AOC donation. But at least she understands how politics works and the importance of keeping the house in hopes of getting more Senate seats so major legislation can get passed after 2022...</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176610</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@jfc,

well, if they do come out against apple pie, i think it&#039;s time to cut them loose. mom? well......

:D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@jfc,</p>
<p>well, if they do come out against apple pie, i think it's time to cut them loose. mom? well......</p>
<p>:D</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176609</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ts,

https://youtu.be/kx_G2a2hL6U</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ts,</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/kx_G2a2hL6U" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/kx_G2a2hL6U</a></p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176607</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pie Iesu Domine Dona eis requim.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pie Iesu Domine Dona eis requim.</p>
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		<title>By: John From Censornati</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176606</link>
		<dc:creator>John From Censornati</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 04:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So now the death cult zombies find themselves in opposition to major league baseball and Coca-Cola. What&#039;s next? Mom? &lt;i&gt;Apple pie&lt;/i&gt;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So now the death cult zombies find themselves in opposition to major league baseball and Coca-Cola. What's next? Mom? <i>Apple pie</i>?</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176604</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>who needs cancel culture when you have pie culture?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>who needs cancel culture when you have pie culture?</p>
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		<title>By: TheStig</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176603</link>
		<dc:creator>TheStig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 02:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Corporate America wants a pliable Federal Government.  Two Parties relying on campaign contributions are more pliable than a one party system where politicians don’t need to raise money to hold political power.  Corporate America is doing what is in its best interest when it keeps elections both semi competitive and expensive.   Corporate Cancel Culture....the Cancel Culture with real clout.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Corporate America wants a pliable Federal Government.  Two Parties relying on campaign contributions are more pliable than a one party system where politicians don’t need to raise money to hold political power.  Corporate America is doing what is in its best interest when it keeps elections both semi competitive and expensive.   Corporate Cancel Culture....the Cancel Culture with real clout.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176599</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 01:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i realize i&#039;m in the minority here on this, but i don&#039;t think it will help to raise the corporate tax rate. really i don&#039;t think the structure of taxing corporations a lot but their shareholders barely at all is very productive. don&#039;t tax the corporations, tax the owners.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i realize i'm in the minority here on this, but i don't think it will help to raise the corporate tax rate. really i don't think the structure of taxing corporations a lot but their shareholders barely at all is very productive. don't tax the corporations, tax the owners.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176598</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 01:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What would they call it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What would they call it?</p>
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		<title>By: John M from Ct.</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176597</link>
		<dc:creator>John M from Ct.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting piece. The next step is to include the Democrats in the puzzle. 

If the conservative, more business-friendly Republican party is going off the rails to reinstate Jim Crow type voter restrictions for likely Democratic voters, and going off the rails to support the idea that a losing party in an election can use state power to cancel or reverse the election, does that mean that mainstream corporate America is going to have to turn away, and look around for more Democratic friends to pass the business-friendly legislation it feels it has a right to expect?

But is that a likely result? The Democratic Party is hardly anti-business in any kind of socialist sense. But lately, especially this spring under the New Deal-redux Biden administration, the party has become more critical of business and seems almost eerily more willing to raise taxes on large corporations, on their shell companies and offshore tax shelters, and on the wealthy class of corporate owners. (Not that they&#039;re hoisting anyone to the lampposts: their proposed corporate tax rate of 28% to pay for the infrastructure bill is still quite a bit lower than it was before the Republicans cut corporate taxes almost in half in 2017.)

Will the Dems under Biden and the Congress really swing back rightwards to &#039;capture&#039; such an influential and wealthy sector as it reels away from Republican neo-fascism and its incoherent populist mania? I can&#039;t see it. Which leaves the corporate class out in the cold - I mean, alone in the political center-right which no major party currently represents. Maybe they&#039;ll start their own third party!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting piece. The next step is to include the Democrats in the puzzle. </p>
<p>If the conservative, more business-friendly Republican party is going off the rails to reinstate Jim Crow type voter restrictions for likely Democratic voters, and going off the rails to support the idea that a losing party in an election can use state power to cancel or reverse the election, does that mean that mainstream corporate America is going to have to turn away, and look around for more Democratic friends to pass the business-friendly legislation it feels it has a right to expect?</p>
<p>But is that a likely result? The Democratic Party is hardly anti-business in any kind of socialist sense. But lately, especially this spring under the New Deal-redux Biden administration, the party has become more critical of business and seems almost eerily more willing to raise taxes on large corporations, on their shell companies and offshore tax shelters, and on the wealthy class of corporate owners. (Not that they're hoisting anyone to the lampposts: their proposed corporate tax rate of 28% to pay for the infrastructure bill is still quite a bit lower than it was before the Republicans cut corporate taxes almost in half in 2017.)</p>
<p>Will the Dems under Biden and the Congress really swing back rightwards to 'capture' such an influential and wealthy sector as it reels away from Republican neo-fascism and its incoherent populist mania? I can't see it. Which leaves the corporate class out in the cold - I mean, alone in the political center-right which no major party currently represents. Maybe they'll start their own third party!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/07/corporate-america-v-the-gop/#comment-176594</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 23:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And, corporate America is, by and large, pretty okie dokie with raising the corporate tax rate, too. 

With any luck, they&#039;ll be the ones who finally put an end to the nonsense of the GOP tax and fiscal policy and the Republican cult of economic failure. Stranger things have already happened.

By the way, the province of Ontario is entering Stay-At-Home order number 3 of the pandemic tonight at midnight for four weeks. Good luck to us all!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And, corporate America is, by and large, pretty okie dokie with raising the corporate tax rate, too. </p>
<p>With any luck, they'll be the ones who finally put an end to the nonsense of the GOP tax and fiscal policy and the Republican cult of economic failure. Stranger things have already happened.</p>
<p>By the way, the province of Ontario is entering Stay-At-Home order number 3 of the pandemic tonight at midnight for four weeks. Good luck to us all!</p>
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