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(Click for frequent words.) 59 backroom deals 50 largess 47 cronies 47 payoffs 46 largesse 46 preferential treatment 45 Backroom deals 45 quid pro quo 45 profiteering 45 kickbacks 45 influence peddling 44 lobbyists 44 lavish perks 44 money grubbers 44 greedy 44 quid pro quos 44 fatcats 44 perks 43 deals 43 windfalls 43 Halliburton Bechtel 43 kickback schemes 43 undue influence 43 legalized bribery 43 cronyism 43 carve outs 43 curry favor 43 bribing 42 exorbitant salaries 42 golden parachutes 42 fat cats 42 war profiteers 42 kickback 42 ostentatious lifestyles 42 contracts 42 golden handshakes 42 underhanded dealings 42 collusions 42 palms greased 42 slimeballs 42 collusion 41 bribes 41 Halliburtons 41 beholden 41 Tomassos 41 lobbiests 41 showered Safavian 41 special pleaders 41 lavish junkets 41 accounting gimmickry 41 hedge funders 41 shady dealings 40 lavish gifts 40 bonuses 40 greedheads 40 backscratching 40 favoritism 40 Jack Abramoffs 40 profiteers 40 featherbedding 40 impropriety 40 earmarks 40 convicted felon Jack Abramoff 40 slimiest 39 money grubbing 39 extortion bribery 39 kickbacks bribes 39 cornhusker kickback 39 crony capitalist 39 greedy opportunists 39 golden parachute 39 middlemen 39 contractual agreements 39 shills 39 backroom dealings 39 junkets 39 downright deceitful 39 inducements 39 Cornhusker kickback 39 backroom machinations 39 multimillion dollar payouts 39 accepting bribes 39 luxurious lifestyles 38 Saudi royals 38 Abramhoff 38 unscrupulous lenders 38 colluding 38 ethically challenged 38 untendered contracts 38 bigshots 38 currying favor 38 gouging 38 bribed 38 robber barons 38 William Cellini 38 perqs 38 cronyism favoritism 38 pork barrell 38 freebies 38 crony 38 profiteered 38 bribery 38 unethical behavior 38 corrupt 38 taxpayer subsidized 38 strings attached 38 nondisclosure clauses 38 ethical lapses 38 golden parachute severance packages 38 bribers 38 bagmen 38 inefficient bureaucracies 38 crony capitalism 38 backhanders 38 fat cattery 37 gutless wonders 37 Robert Kjellander 37 pork barreling 37 overly generous 37 deregulators 37 strongarmed 37 monied interests 37 Saudi princes 37 briber 37 overcharging 37 limousine rides 37 Countrywide Angelo Mozilo 37 backdoor bailouts 37 unholy alliances 37 Blackann 37 supernormal profits 37 Confidentiality agreements 37 carveouts 37 backroom politicking 37 taxpayer bailouts 37 unadulterated greed 37 taxpayer funded 37 ethical transgressions 37 panderers 37 cherry picking 37 weaseling 37 exorbitant 37 grandstanders 37 dealings 37 boondoggles 37 gravy train 37 hardly blameless 37 superlobbyist 37 pandering 37 rapacious capitalist 37 Arab sheiks 37 cahoots 37 shortchanging 37 subsidies 37 fatcat 37 obscenely rich 36 noncompete payments 36 fleecing 36 toadies 36 James Featherstonhaugh 36 bribe 36 blatant favoritism 36 chumminess 36 underhanded tactic 36 welfare queens 36 sleazes 36 larding 36 gaping loopholes 36 reneging 36 shady backroom 36 influence peddlers 36 shenanigans 36 lavish banquets 36 ethical improprieties 36 Mayor Miguel Pulido 36 golden parachute severance 36 insatiably greedy 36 sleaziest 36 crony capitalists 36 loopholes 36 Udstuen 36 patronage 36 sleazebags 36 superprofits 36 windfall profits 36 pork barrel 36 loophole closers 36 nontransparent 36 ripoffs 36 exploiting loopholes 36 golden parachute payments 36 pocketing 36 Bruce C. Bereano 36 rampant cronyism 36 foolishly shortsighted 36 predatory lenders 36 Altanmia 36 corruptly 36 exorbitant fees 36 profligate spending 36 slush fund 36 taxpayer dollars 35 FCPA prohibits 35 Scandals involving 35 greediest 35 boneheaded mistake 35 overpricing 35 Kay LiCausi 35 buddy buddy 35 extravagances 35 unbridled greed 35 jobbery 35 hidden agendas 35 bribing Kott 35 influence peddler Jack Abramoff 35 pacts 35 cronyism nepotism 35 obscenely wealthy 35 suborning 35 playing footsie 35 hardball tactics 35 jueteng payoffs 35 patronage doling 35 clout wielded 35 noncompete agreements 35 Whitman whore 35 subpeonas 35 Richard Blumenthal D Conn 35 Gulf sheikdoms 35 ponzi schemes 35 sweeteners 35 deregulations 35 rip offs 35 Donald Udstuen 35 pocketing bribes 35 blatant misrepresentations 35 bankrupting 35 jueteng lords 35 bloated bureaucracies 35 feign outrage 35 nonwealthy 35 underhandedly 35 mandatory arbitration clauses 35 shill 35 millionaires billionaires 35 unaccountable 35 lobbyist 35 senatorial courtesy 35 nepotism 35 Gloriagate tapes 35 kowtowing 35 ramrodding 35 WorldCom debacles 35 unbid contracts 35 plutocrats 35 crooked 35 Cornhusker Kickback 35 shameless profiteering 35 bonusgate 35 arm twisting 35 ol' boys 35 confidentiality agreements 35 phony promissory notes 35 Lincoln Bedroom sleepovers 35 monopolists 35 baksheesh 35 lucrative golden parachutes 35 vulture capitalists 34 agreements 34 moneyed interests 34 wasteful spending 34 giveaways 34 unscrupulous salespeople 34 placemen 34 hyperpartisanship 34 deep pocketed 34 Thomas Bromwell 34 greedy bastards 34 weasel words 34 outsize bonuses 34 concessions 34 interlocking directorate 34 Philip Khinda 34 blank check 34 lavish 34 coddling criminals 34 accounting gimmicks 34 brown envelopes 34 golden parachute payoffs 34 Shawn Vasell 34 opulent lifestyles 34 pinstripe patronage 34 illegal gratifications 34 LaNouvelle 34 entrenched bureaucracies 34 exorbitantly 34 Klenet 34 pikers compared 34 shafting 34 Litchfield cottage 34 ENRON 34 greed 34 improprieties 34 unnecessarily burdening 34 Faustian bargains 34 sinecures 34 grandstanded 34 unseemly 34 lawbreaking 34 ideological zealots 34 stiffed 34 undeserved windfall 34 lulus 34 avaricious 34 fiscally imprudent 34 sleazeballs 34 railroad barons 34 misdoings 34 Jimena roared toward 34 Bernie Madoff gimmicks 34 kickback scheme 34 amendatory veto powers 34 Faustian bargain 34 heavying 34 ethically bankrupt 34 unscrupulous 34 wealthy 34 wasteful earmarks 34 kickback scheme involving 34 unelected unaccountable 34 shysters 34 lax oversight 34 richly compensated 34 Congresscritters 34 overpromising 34 earmarker 34 quasi monopoly 34 banksters 34 publicity hounds 34 SPRINGFIELD Ill. Illinois 34 franking privilege 34 flim flam artists 34 overpaying 34 crashing Salahis 34 bipartisan comity 34 corruptly influencing 34 Hired Truck scandal 34 usurious 34 lame excuses 34 multimillion dollar 34 slum lord 34 Brett Granlund 34 shadily 34 logrolling 33 dealmaking 33 coddling 33 stiffing 33 bribes kickbacks 33 foul mouthed Blagojevich 33 BIG OIL 33 monopolies 33 finagling 33 overgenerous 33 scoundrels 33 Enron WorldCom Tyco 33 unconscionable 33 congressional grillings 33 magnates 33 outsources hauling 33 scare tactics 33 complicitous 33 Elective abortions 33 Ovitz severance 33 dishonest 33 unethically 33 incestuous relationships 33 venality 33 unscrupulous landlords 33 shameless 33 money plowing driveways 33 improperly colluded 33 behaved unethically 33 cheaters liars 33 sokaiya 33 subsidizing 33 grandstanding 33 extort bribes 33 malfeasance 33 slicksters 33 freebees 33 assistant Angela Spaccia 33 vultures preying 33 plum assignments 33 spineless cowards 33 pols 33 Stuart Levine 33 corporate chieftains 33 maneuverings 33 greasing palms 33 Calvin Boender 33 solicited bribes 33 filthy rich 33 rapacious greed 33 luxurious mansions 33 reaping windfall 33 Blagojevich fundraiser Antoin 33 handsomely compensated 33 Bonusgate scandal 33 accepting gratuities 33 chicanery 33 venal 33 poo bahs 33 Force majeure clauses 33 lackeys 33 deceits 33 predatory lending practices 33 wasteful earmark 33 collusive 33 Bonusgate probe 33 bulging wallets 33 tacit understanding 33 underbidding 33 attorney Plato Cacheris 33 Democratically controlled legislature 33 wealthy benefactors 33 Strippergate 33 reaped windfall 33 sullied reputations 33 quasi governmental entities 33 Democratically aligned 33 CEO Lloyd Blankfein 33 inflated appraisals 33 NSA wiretap 33 fleeced 33 sweetners 33 railroaded 33 Manny Aragon 33 Plame cause celebre 33 Predatory lenders 33 strangleholds 33 hoodwinking 33 practices Cheryl Scarboro 33 skullduggery 33 Radogno 33 carpet baggers 33 bailouts 33 sexual peccadilloes 33 palm greasing 33 brokering backroom 33 lavishing 33 lazy shiftless 33 soliciting bribes 33 gimmicks 33 partisan obstructionism 33 Waxman D-Calif. 33 barrelhead 33 redistributionism 33 D Lawnside 33 DaimlerBenz saved 33 Illuminists 33 corruption 33 felon Jack Abramoff 33 partisan hacks 33 wife Yelena Baturina 33 rorting 33 hornswoggled 33 inappropriate links 33 bonanzas 33 lavished gifts 33 legalized loan sharking 33 gifts 33 barons 33 hardball 33 shakedowns 33 gifting suites 33 underhandedness 33 Kickbacks 33 tenderpreneurs 33 curried favor 33 tinpot dictators 33 profited handsomely 33 markups 33 developer Tony Rezko 33 lavishing gifts 33 Hired Truck 33 waterfront mansions 33 misclassify workers 33 earmarkers 33 ultrarich 33 silver platter 33 outsized paydays 33 DiTommaso brothers 33 profited enormously 33 Confidentiality clauses 33 unethical 33 taxpayer foots 33 grossly overpaid 33 rooked 33 paybacks 33 collude 33 wealthiest Americans 33 Abramoff Safavian 33 corporate website www.aigcorporate.com 33 lawyer Abbe Lowell 33 astroturfed 33 checkbook diplomacy 33 connivers 33 skinflints 32 shonks 32 fundraiser Antoin Tony Rezko 32 clawback clauses 32 CAVUTO Well 32 plum ambassadorships 32 hanger ons 32 golden parachute arrangements 32 quid pro 32 unelect 32 jock sniffers 32 scapegoating 32 blatant thievery 32 profiting 32 William Tomasso 32 fiscal irresponsibility 32 Sklaire 32 avarice 32 businessman Don Haidl 32 marketeering 32 cookie jar 32 Calderon Cedillo 32 Claritin RediTabs 32 golden goodbyes 32 Pooh Bahs 32 reimbursements 32 mau mauing 32 poobahs 32 comptroller Alan Hevesi 32 opportunists 32 vampire squids 32 Ianieri replied 32 jetliners knifed 32 currying favors 32 sweetheart 32 Alfred Villalobos 32 confidentiality clauses 32 Noel Crichton Browne 32 reregulating 32 Greedy 32 boodle 32 ingratiate themselves 32 subprime lender Countrywide 32 selfish greedy 32 ultraconservative ideologues here 32 Mayor Thodos 32 multimillionaires 32 eHealth 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disparagement clause 32 multibillion dollar 32 Enron Kenneth Lay 32 bare knuckle tactics 32 Plutocrats 32 Stop placating 32 nepotism cronyism 32 unfairly penalize innocent 32 Prohibit 32 taxpayer financed 32 patronage plums 32 www.PowerOptionsPlus.com 32 underlings 32 underworld informants 32 influence peddler 32 lobbiest 32 extravagant lifestyles 32 golden handcuffs 32 faux populism 32 Imvume 32 gagging clauses 32 bootlicking 32 profligate spenders 32 CAVUTO 32 payouts 32 bankruptcy reorganizations 32 peppercorn rents 32 Issuing IOUs 32 sleazy 32 perquisites 32 Multimillion dollar 32 porkbarrel spending 32 unconscionably 32 bicameral bipartisan 32 Fastow pocketed 32 greedy uncaring 32 scandals 32 bribe taker 32 partisan witch hunt 32 coziness 32 flacks 32 malfeasances 32 discounts 32 Coutretsis 32 puppet masters 32 bribe givers 32 Dennis Pone 32 Steve Poggemiller 32 tongue lashings 32 contradictory explanations 32 overpaid 32 Overly generous 32 cherrypicking 32 thievery 32 billions 32 backroom dealmaking 32 Dennis Holahan 32 para politico scandal 32 colluded 32 affirmative misrepresentations 32 gougers 32 overcharges 32 hollow shells 32 Riza promotion 32 Leader Capri Cafaro 32 spokesman Kurt Bardella 32 flimflam artists 32 Hopcoms outlets 32 apportioning delegates 32 Chaits 32 Abramoff Scanlon 32 munificence 32 corporatists 31 demagoging 31 shady 31 profiteer 31 doctoring prewar intelligence 31 Stephen Madarasz spokesman 31 windfall 31 unwitting dupes 31 politicians 31 turncoats 31 Bonusgate investigation 31 insiderism 31 perverse incentive 31 Spaccia Hernandez Artiga 31 gazillion dollars 31 alleged kickback scheme 31 THE FACTS Palin 31 Hidden Treuhand 31 stinginess 31 remuneration packages 31 superwealthy 31 AJAXWorld Magazine BZ 31 loophole 31 machers 31 flimsy pretexts 31 consummate dealmaker 31 Chuck Guité 31 Kowtowing 31 Did 31 doublespeak 31 multibillion dollar bailouts 31 bonused 31 underhanded tactics 31 WAMs 31 lucrative 31 Earmark reform 31 letdowns parochial squabbles 31 boondoggle 31 outrageous 31 rapacious 31 Linta mentions 31 handmaidens 31 billionaire oligarchs 31 wodges 31 airparks 31 carbine inner workings 31 scandel 31 shameless hypocrites 31 Ken Kies 31 piggish 31 gratuities 31 tycoons 31 multimillion dollar severance packages 31 greedy bankers 31 Mark Delegal 31 Jack Abramoff lobbyist 31 hypocritical 31 bootlickers 31 misdeeds 31 shopping sprees 31 suborned 31 MHAs 31 Demcare 31 unethical immoral 31 mansions 31 ungodly sums 31 congressmen 31 egotists 31 lobbying 31 independents caucusing 31 Republicrats 31 megadeals 31 crooks 31 Deep pocketed 31 lobbyist bundlers 31 egregious 31 Dingell D Mich 31 Potashniks 31 congresscritters 31 Jim Fijan 31 cozying 31 developer Brian Potashnik 31 corruptive influence 31 transnational conglomerates 31 secretive unaccountable 31 gerrymanders 31 Groupe Everest 31 unholy alliance 31 profiting handsomely 31 monopolistic 31 Banning earmarks 31 bennies 31 illegalities 31 mob turncoats 31 Pelican rookeries 31 wealthiest Californians 31 coattail 31 Turbo Hercules 31 emminent domain 31 Fraser Verrusio 31 detective Anthony Pellicano 31 self righteous hypocrites 31 unseemliness 31 extravagance 31 monopoly 31 influence peddler Antoin 31 aB vitamin sitting 31 Taj Mahals 31 extorted bribes 31 fund raiser Tony Rezko 31 paydays 31 outright falsehood 31 legally binding undertakings 31 scandals dogging 31 profited mightily 31 Collectible figurines 31 crooks liars 31 thieving bastards 31 tight fistedness 31 bullied bluffed 31 underhand dealings 31 Partisan bickering 31 Congressman Henry Waxman 31 kabuki dance 31 tawdry tales 31 breaching fiduciary duties 31 cheaping 31 Gerald Cardinale 31 unprincipled 31 Imvume Management 31 betraying confidences 31 mismanagement 31 unscrutinized 31 honest hardworking 31 Katy Neas 31 Influence peddling 31 caviling 31 smooth talkers 31 oligarchs 31 uncollectible debts 31 cabal 31 parasitic bourgeoisie 31 Profligate spending 31 cramdowns 31 flim flams 31 nondisclosure 31 Shawinigate 31 Arab sheikhs 31 Travelgate scandal 31 Sickey 31 corrupt regimes 31 dodgy dealings 31 quislings 31 slum lords 31 bureaucrats 31 granting retroactive immunity 31 grossly undervalued 31 spokeswoman Suzy Bohnert 31 givebacks 31 SEAL sleuths 31 gazillionaires 31 collusive behavior 31 fabulously rich 31 otherwise inhumanely disposed 31 envelopes stuffed 31 Tyco Dennis Kozlowski 31 WorldCom Bernie Ebbers 31 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations 31 misrepresentations 31 creeping privatization 31 intentionally misclassified 31 WorldCom Bernard Ebbers 31 wealthiest 31 sitdowns 31 incompetent cronies 31 Gregg RN.H. 31 fictitious promissory notes 31 extorting bribes 31 politically expedient 31 mountebanks 31 gentry liberals 31 lavish dinners 31 Potashnik 31 Mannesmann executives 31 Tea partyers 31 unaccountable bureaucrats 31 machinations 31 nefariously 31 chiselers 31 feigning outrage 31 ax grinders 31 backrooms 31 Stephen Umbrell 31 diamond encrusted belt buckle 31 obfuscations 31 Bob Torricelli 31 effete snobs 31 corrup tion 31 Dianne Feinstein D Calif 31 meddling 31 monied 31 Ron Jerich 31 egomaniacs 31 grossly mismanaging 31 wined 31 lucrative ransoms 31 Bob Virk 31 feather bedding 31 charlatans 31 ass lickers 31 dual officeholding 31 porkbarrel 31 robber baron 31 rort 31 unfairness 31 Jim Ferlo 31 Iraqgate 31 staff Alexander Voloshin 31 Affinion Vertrue 31 browbeating 31 Abacus CDOs 31 congratulatory kisses 31 misspending 31 eradicating poverty centerpiece 31 Eliot Spitzers 31 Enron WorldCom HealthSouth 31 Halliburton 31 Biggert N 31 developer Calvin Boender 31 multimillion dollar golden parachute 31 dictators despots 31 Warren Trepp 31 Fulhorst 31 hypocrites 31 iron fisted grip 30 Roux Shabangu 30 nickname robo signers 30 exorbitant rents 30 sad Vahdat 30 workers' comp 30 mega bucks 30 fucking assholes 30 reap windfall 30 golfer extramarital affairs 30 subpoenaed Thain 30 family underboss Anthony 30 Bioset 30 consessions 30 lavished 30 compromises 30 labor unions 30 potentates 30 overbidding 30 playing footsy 30 tax deductability 30 liars cheaters 30 predatory 30 hypocritically 30 convicted influence peddler 30 Albertsons Vons 30 mulled canceling 30 filing frivolous lawsuits 30 Jack Abramoff 30 Travelgate saga 30 criminal pasts Dayanim 30 overprice 30 DelaRaba 30 witness Dante Madriaga 30 moralizers 30 KBR overcharged 30 chits 30 Tomasso 30 Lawrence Cafero R 30 fiscally irresponsible 30 Tahiti Temarii 30 deregulation 30 gross exaggerations 30 misstating facts 30 selfserving 30 Salvaged pet food 30 Rezko 30 Glass Steagal 30 MTBE waiver 30 Jeff Burum 30 Fred Wertheimer president 30 corporatist 30 capitulations 30 favortism 30 diming 30 porkulus bill 30 sexual indiscretions 30 standardized plain vanilla 30 skyboxes 30 Worawi Makudi requested 30 wined dined 30 freeloaders 30 notoriously corrupt 30 Baltimore Orioles jutted 30 privately groused 30 moral compunction 30 extortionate 30 payoff 30 adopting clawback provisions 30 evil magician Rumpelstiltskin 30 nepotism favoritism 30 plea bargains 30 Norman Dicks 30 Bud Shuster 30 savory morsels 30 demagogues 30 improper inducements 30 bumbling fools 30 assurances 30 kleptocracies 30 Baucus Grassley 30 Enron Tyco 30 Anthony Impreveduto 30 Rep. Henry Waxman 30 corruptible