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Not the watered down, cowtow to the insurance companies version you propose.
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You dare to have free will and not cowtow to fat boy, Failin Palin, et al so you are no longer welcome.
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They need to nominate someone who WON'T cowtow to the Cheneys, Limbaughs, Koulters, and Becks.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a patriotic American, who doesn't cowtow to political correctness.
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This is case in point why McGinn, and liberals like him (including myself) resist the temptation to cowtow to the law-and-order crowd that always advocates for more cops.
Seattle Cops Must Earn Our Respect. And They’re Not. « PubliCola 2010
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I guess it makes sense for Mitt to cowtow to Limbaugh – Limbaugh is, after all, the Leader of the Republican Party.
Think Progress » Romney: ‘I find it hard to disagree with Rush Limbaugh.’ 2010
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McCain will pop a vein the first time Obama doesn't cowtow to his bad temper tactics and condecending "My Friend" comments he uses to belittle people.
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Using threats and terrorism, and the states once again as their accomplises in what has been now recently released, since there will be federal funding withheld in other areas then if the state's also do not cowtow to Big Daddy in Washington's edicts, such as the withholding of federal funding to coerce the states to pass those low level DUI laws which now include "cruel and unsual punishment" to say the least.
The FaceBook Obama Poll: Another Liberal Terrorism Manuever? 2009
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In essence, if Americans do not cowtow to Washington's will, they will pay a price.
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In essence, if Americans do not cowtow to Washington's will, they will pay a price.
Still Fighting Over Federally Funded Abortions: The Question Is, Why? 2009
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