[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Special Interests, Working Families, yada yada yada

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Special Interests, Working Families, yada yada yada
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   A recent Al Franken ad warns us that his opponent, U. S. Senator Norm
   Coleman works for "special interests" while he would "fight" for
   "working families." It is an excellent example of a recent Dennis
   Prager-ism:

     "Anytime you hear the words 'special interests' you know that
     nothing is being said."

   The same applies for "working families" as well. My brood is a working
   family, but somehow I don't think Mr. Franken is thinking of us. And
   who are the non-working families that he presumably would be fighting?
   Surely not the disabled, the unemployed, the retired, or the indolent.
   Who could he possibly be referring to?
   As for special interests, what is the Democratic Party but a coalition
   of special interests? They simply refer to them as activists,
   communities, groups, caucuses, and unions. In fact, all political
   parties fit this definition, hence the whole term is meaningless as
   Prager so eloquently said.