11.   Candidates not only court the family farmer but tirelessly pledge to defend Social Security and Medicare.

12.   Coal companies, family farmers, ski slope operators, state football coaches, casinos and sugar farmers.

13.   Democrats argued during the debate that the Republican plan was geared primarily to the rich and would do little to aid small businesses and family farmers.

14.   Democrats argue it amounts to a costly windfall for the wealthiest Americans, not the family farmers and small businesses that sponsors say suffer most.

15.   Each year, Farm Aid holds an annual all-day fund-raising concert in support of the American family farmer.

16.   Enough is left over to keep the last few family farmers from griping.

17.   Family farmers are often cited as victims.

18.   Family farmers are under intense pressure in America, as prices plunge to ever-lower levels and their debt rises to unmanageable levels.

19.   Farm bill debate usually evokes platitudes about helping the hallowed family farmer feed the world.

20.   Globe-trotting corporations are sucking the life out of small business owners and family farmers.