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Grapevine: Earth Day a washout?

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    D.C. event organizers expected tens of thousands

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And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine.

The Washington Post gave about the same coverage same amount of coverage to Sunday's birthday festivities in the nation's capital.

As it did to January's march for life rally here in Washington.

However the crowd sizes for the rallies were vastly different despite cold and rainy conditions.

For both events examiner reports organizer.

Earth Day network's expected tens of thousands of people to show up.

For a full roster of speakers and performers.

-- the numbers we're somewhere between forty.

And several hundred.

Meanwhile the pro life rally did draw tens of thousands of people with the Washington Post estimating more than 171000.

Participants on that.

Former MF global CEO Jon Corzine is currently under federal investigation for his role in the brokerage firm's collapse after the disappearance of as much as.

One point six billion dollars of customer thoughts.

However that hasn't stopped him from playing a large role in president Obama's 2012 reelection effort.

Corzine is listed by the campaign as having raised at least 500000 dollars bundling donations.

At the end of last year the Obama campaign returned Corzine's personal contributions.

In the wake of the and a global scandal.

Again Corzine the former democratic governor of New Jersey has testified on Capitol Hill that he does not know.

What happened to the one point six billion dollars of and that global funds.

Finally Florida congressmen Republican congressman Allen west was disinvited.

From keynote speaker duties at a local NAACP fund raiser that was supposed to happen Saturday.

The Huffington Post reports at issue recent comments from west -- some eighty house Democrats are members of the Communist Party.

West has stood by those comments despite Massachusetts democratic congressman Barney Frank saying quote.

Not even Joseph McCarthy would have said anything so stupid.

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