John Breaux, Wal-Mart Lobbyist, shills for Hillary


	John Breaux, Wal-Mart Lobbyist, shills for Hillary

BobbyRutan

2-9-2008 4:08 AM

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hill-mart, john breaux, trent lott, strom thurmond

BobbyRutan says:

Take it from a man who will join Trent Lott ("we'd be better off with segregation") in a business partnership.

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