Hello John,   
      
   >LL>Rupert Murdoch contributed $4.5 billion to Gingrich.   
   >LL>Georgia's Richards family, owners of Southwire Corparate),   
   >LL>contributed $1.3 billion (per year) to Gingrich.   
      
   >JM>Do you really believe this BS or did you put this in here   
   >JM>just because it sounds like some thing the American Dumb   
   >JM>Masses will accept with out thinking about it?   
      
   >LL>Who sez it is BS?   
      
   JM>I say your claim that Southwire contributed $1.3 billion   
   JM>(per year) to Gingrich Is total Bullshit. Not only that  I   
   JM>say you knew that when you posted it.   
      
   It is not my claim, as I am only the messenger.   
   I noted a web site, which does cite its sources -   
      
   http://www.realchange.org/gingrich.htm   
      
   Newt Gingrich (the Ignatius J. Reilly of politics) is not unlike most   
   other politicians.  Accepting campaign contributions is not a sin.  Not   
   in the world of politics, anyway.  Whatever influence Southwire may have   
   had on Gingrich as a result of those campaign contributions is open for   
   speculation.  Donors always hope their money talks, and that politicians   
   receiving those donations vote their way.  And that is usually the way   
   it works.  Not always, but usually, as those who are ungrateful tend not   
   to remain in office for very long.   
      
   --Lee   
      
      
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