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right. we had the bp disaster afterwards. how does all those republican talking points coming from a democratic president make any sense? then of course there s the stimulus money that the republicans complained about, but took in droves anyway. yeah, of course, the famous republican governor chris christie, a hero now among republicans, for the state of new jersey, he received $7.2 billion in tax breaks from the stimulus package. then minnesota republican tim pawlenty wanted $424 million from the stimulus to prevent a massive cuts in k-12 education that he would have otherwise, quote, had to make. and then we learned today that texas republican governor rick perry used stimulus money to plug are you ready for this? 97% of his budget shortfall. did we get a thank-you note? anybody saying hey, mr. president, thank you so much for that stimulus money? otherwise my budget would have been a disaster. shh, no, we didn t get that

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