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Anyone remember back to ‘04 when John Thune skull thumped Tom Daschle?

You could hear the rolling Thuneder all across the Heartland...
disco fries
  11/13/24
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disco fries
  11/14/24
Now they’re the same swamp scum.
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  11/14/24
Daschle is now worth $100m. When he lost his Senate seat in ...
disco fries
  11/14/24
How does this happen? Do people just hand him money?
posting in histrionic thread
  11/14/24
As a former Senate Minority Leader he was an uber Washington...
disco fries
  11/14/24
https://daschlegroup.com/
disco fries
  11/14/24
yes. he, Trent Lott, and now Misch get handed high 7 figure ...
Trust If Aryan
  11/14/24
are people paying them back for past favors so current pols ...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  11/14/24
yes to both. they are buying into a network of relationships...
Trust If Aryan
  11/14/24
Their Rolodexes are worth millions. You have an issue with s...
LathamTouchedMe
  11/14/24


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Date: November 13th, 2024 10:02 PM
Author: disco fries (no more via ferratas or Teewinot for me, brothers)

You could hear the rolling Thuneder all across the Heartland.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48334658)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 8:35 AM
Author: disco fries (no more via ferratas or Teewinot for me, brothers)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335795)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 8:36 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


Now they’re the same swamp scum.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335797)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 8:37 AM
Author: disco fries (no more via ferratas or Teewinot for me, brothers)

Daschle is now worth $100m. When he lost his Senate seat in '04 his net worth was between $500k and $1.25m.

The Swamp is INSANE.

I should have gone into politics, then maybe I could afford to take care of my family.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335799)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 8:38 AM
Author: posting in histrionic thread

How does this happen? Do people just hand him money?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335800)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 8:40 AM
Author: disco fries (no more via ferratas or Teewinot for me, brothers)

As a former Senate Minority Leader he was an uber Washington Insider. He had like a 7-bedroom mansion in DC, vacation homes in South Carolina, mansion back in South Dakota. Dude is UBER RICH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335802)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 8:41 AM
Author: disco fries (no more via ferratas or Teewinot for me, brothers)

https://daschlegroup.com/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335804)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 8:53 AM
Author: Trust If Aryan

yes. he, Trent Lott, and now Misch get handed high 7 figure contracts for just showing up after leaving office

and let's not even talk about Carlyle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335841)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 8:59 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


are people paying them back for past favors so current pols have confidence in the system that they will get paid off when its time to quit?... or are people paying them because they perceive these retired pols currently have some influence?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335858)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 9:07 AM
Author: Trust If Aryan

yes to both. they are buying into a network of relationships, favors, reputations, influence and access.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48335874)



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Date: November 14th, 2024 10:16 AM
Author: LathamTouchedMe

Their Rolodexes are worth millions. You have an issue with some obscure regulation, you call a lobbying firm. The firm has ex-senators and ex-reps who can make phone calls to their friends in congress or in agencies. Powerful ex congressmen control a lot of the access to congress and executive agencies. They all are partners in government relations firms or they start their own firms.

They can also make shit tons of money from speeches. Your organization can add a ton of prestige and cachet by paying 50k to some famous ex-pol to speak and glad-hand a bunch of dorks who would love a photo and a chat (“I have this amazing idea on healthcare!”)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5633821&forum_id=2/en-en/#48336169)