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snot

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5. I think/hope that last motivation is not consciously held by most of them --

Reply to Squinch (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 8, 2014, 10:44 PM

Jan 2014

but I've heard conservatives express a lot of things in private that they wouldn't say on the record.

And it doesn't have to be a big conspiracy, any more than I conspire with other DU'er's to promote progressive views. We just happen to share certain preferances, which we pursue individually and, sometimes, in consultation with one another.

The fact of so much common membership in ALEC clearly establishes, moreover, that they understand the power they gain through organized efforts.

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