In the last two weeks, we have been treated to the way in which the two major parties conduct their own personal affairs, among people with whom they usually agree and whose support they need/want/seek out/spend millions of dollars on. This has meant the public has been exposed to the whole sausage-making process, especially thanks to social media
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I've never heard this before. Any sources?
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But I will set aside my anger on that issue and agree that it was touching to see her walk. But it also breaks my heart and angers me.
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That's we do in the Australian Labor Party. e.g., http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/03/bowen-gets-offshore-nod-at-raucous-alp-conf/
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"Upon arriving in Tampa on Saturday, I headed downtown to see what was happening. The RNC was not scheduled to kick off until two days later, but the lockdown of the city was well underway. Every government building, whether or not it had anything to do with the RNC, was surrounded by ten-foot-tall, black steel fences. Entire areas of downtown were blocked off to all traffic except for Republican delegates and others directly involved with the convention. Thousands and thousands of police on foot, on bicycles, and in cars, vans, buses, open-air Jeep-type vehicles, and in helicopters were everywhere. To overstate the police presence would be very difficult. If you were anywhere near downtown Tampa, which is a very large, spread-out, car-oriented city, you were always within view of at least a few cops - always. And usually you were within view of several dozen ( ... )
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Working weekend, ugh. Time, you vex me so.
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