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liberty mutual insurance. neilat is the deal with my taking credit for all of the democrats lost in the midterm? specifically my argument last night. they all share this common snob. they snubbed coming on with mass audience who would have been open to this. and if the middle east blows up, it's because leaders didn't consult with you? and by the way come it wouldn't hurt them if they did. any of these losers, if they argued their case, we will never know now. we won't know that. and no matter how many times they decliner invites, you kept inviting them just the same and so it's still a great interview in my book. well, you know, i will take what i can gather. and then there is what is rapidly catching up with that guy from new jersey. no self-respecting politician would come under the joke of the show. so who is laughing now? are you serious? and this has a message for those who do skip out. the democrats missed the opportunity to reach the other side. preaching to the choir gets a lot of praise, but sorry come it

liberty mutual insurance. neil: be honest, you missed this, didn't you? neil's spiel. tonight, when washington won't let wash dogs hunt. because god knows those watchdogs bark a lot about cutting spending. trouble is, their owners, that would be the government agencies who hire them, don't listen to them. not one of them. despite all these inspector generals offering $43 billion in very specific actual and potential savings, this year, one year virtually all those ideas falling on deaf ears. don't blame the igs. don't buy the nonsense that they cost the government a lot of money. the 14 of them crank out about 14 bucks in saving for every buck they're getting. buck that noise and focus on why no one in washington is making much illinois about easy cost savings that promotes dupely can aive costs to far more expensive overruns between medicaid and medicare and the new health care law where they're doing the same thing. is it a case of being agencies too stubborn to change or too stupid? either way 40 billion bucks isn't small change. it's time to change and fast. art, b

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