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In reply to the discussion: WOW!!! Soledad Squashes Mitt's Spokesman (Sununu) Re: Medicare Claims [View all]Dustlawyer
(10,539 posts)til we are blue in the face. They scare us enough on the right to feel relief when it does not go, "that far." They gradually have gotten most of what they want. They own most of the pols, Courts, media, everything. Big people do not get prosecuted and yet we have to give up our basic rights (warrantless wiretapping, NSA monitoring EVERYTHING, including this post now that I mentioned them, torture...). Please wake up and understand, most Democratic politicians on the National level are bought just like the Republicans. Do you honestly believe that Democrats have congenital defects in their spine and that is why they cannot show backbone? We got a glimpse today behind the curtain, literally, when Bill "Freakin" Clinton was taped back stage talking to Paul "FU" Ryan and telling him that although they have to fight in the election, they would agree to cut all of the social programs. Ryan agreed and told Clinton to give him a call as he walked on stage. This is like a play put on for us and we are the little kid who thinks this is all real. If the politician does not play ball, they get a well funded opponent in the next primary. If they are honest, they are not allowed to stay. It is now to the point that billionaires are picking the VP running mate for the Repug Pres candidate. The Koch suckers told Romney his VP was Ryan, check it out! If we cannot acknowledge the real problem, that our government suffers from a fatal dose of corruption, we will never solve anything and we will continue to slide ever faster to extinction! We need real and complete campaign finance reform and the only way to get it is for enough people to recognize that most of our problems stem from from this legalized (and sometimes not so legal) bribery (campaign contributions) and intimidation.