well now, let's pop that cherry

"A less comforting possibility is that political connections give companies access to the regulations that suit them or to juicy government procurement contracts. Goldman, Rocholl, and So have found evidence that such contracts do seem to flow to companies affiliated with the party in power. If so, that is a disgrace, if not entirely a surprise."

'Seem to ... ' is used generously here.

Harry Sargeant III is John McCAIN's biggest financial supporter and /or fund raiser in the sate of Florida. He gets a contract to truck aviation fuel into U.S. bases in IRAQ, gets the contract before ANY election, and the contract is for 2 years even if voters think they are voting for a candidate that can get troops out of Iraq in less than that time frame. That contract pays Harry's company 913 million American dollars. Anybody else think that is a huge amount of money for truckin'? (source=MSNBC online dated May 28; investigative producer Aram ROSTON)

that is a disgrace