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However, it is very "banana-republic" that somebody can spend by now probably 300 million $ to buy political offices.
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In other words, your typical third-world banana-republic military junta.
Think Progress » DeMint Lies: ‘I Did Not Want’ Health Care ‘To Be The President’s Waterloo’ 2010
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As long as Scalia can persuade Kennedy that in these difficult times earth itself depends on Kennedy voting with the banana-republic foursome, they'll get their 5th vote as Kennedy will have no choice but to save the planet with them.
BREAKING: Coleman Lawyer Declares Trial "A Legal Quagmire" 2010
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It is astounding that Republicans, who adopt nihilism as a strategy and banana-republic obstruction as a tactic, who hope that America fails as a plan and who have popularity at rock-bottom levels, could win a major election victory over Democrats.
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Looks more like a third-rate banana-republic run by an overblown tin-pot narcissicist.
Archive 2009-12-01 Dave 2009
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It is a kangaroo/banana-republic style of jurisrpudence.
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Some of us actually had hope early on that he cared about Massachusetts, and lord knows we can use a good governor to keep our banana-republic like Democratic legislature in check.
Conservative Mag Smacks Romney For Pro-Gay-Rights Comments 2009
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If the rest of the Administration were anything but a banana-republic junta, Mukasey might be good enough.
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Looks more like a third-rate banana-republic run by an overblown tin-pot narcissicist.
Contempt of Parliament Dave 2009
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"People are very prone to trading by sound bite," said Ravi Bulchandani, head of currency research at Morgan Stanley, as he watched the Canadian dollar hit banana-republic levels.
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