Whoa! The Wall Street bailout bill was so nasty that even Congress gagged.

Still, the White House, congressional leaders and banking lobbyists are likely to twist enough arms and add enough artificial sweeteners to make Congress choke it down. But this doesn't obscure the fact that the bailout is a disgusting glob of corporate welfare.

A sign of just how bad it is came from the incredible last-minute effort to disguise it as a populist proposal. "The rescue we're negotiatin ...

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