Which is why Democrats who have long railed against the venality of their better-financed opponents now find themselves trumpeting their own superiority in presidential fund-raising.

Iraq has long railed against the dominance of the dollar, a symbol of its enemy.

Municipal labor unions have long railed against the growth of such outside work, contending that much of it could be performed more efficiently by city employees.

Theodore J. Forstmann, the firm's senior partner, has long railed against the use of junk bonds.

An outspoken atheist, humanist, freethinker and rationalist, Nath has long railed against the unreason and immorality of religion.

That is precisely the kind of arrangement it declined to offer TV networks and music labels, which have long railed against the 99-cent price of songs in iTunes.

To the Editor: I have long railed against the showing of advertisements on movie screens.

Internet service providers have long railed against the prospect of legislation being introduced to force them to block alleged illegal-filesharing websites.

Critics of the single-payer plan have long railed against the specter of socialized medicine, suggesting that it means being treated by government functionaries.

Ms. Davis attends more than 40 shareholder meetings each spring and has long railed against poor performance and exorbitant pay for chief executives.