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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders: Mr. President, I am Disappointed [View all]Larry Ogg
(1,474 posts)60. TPTB (The Powers That Be) is a very small minority of super rich psychopaths who...
Finance our pretend democracy by pumping hundreds of billions of fraudulently gained wealth into the campaign coffers of both political parties.
And with the blessings of right wing religion psychopaths, rigged elections, and the M$M (Main Stream Media) which is also owned by the TPTB, they can assure that most ideological blind democrats and republican will vote for the TPTB's very own hand picked venal sock puppets.
In other words, the TPTB is the one's who decide, with few exceptions, who most Americans will vote into elective office.
This insures that, no matter what the outcome of the election, the TPTB will always be the big winner, and the to blind to see 'Blue and Red workers' will always be the big looser.
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in other words, Democrats have to use the exact opposite methods the Republicans do
yurbud
Dec 2012
#45
How big a win does a Democratic president have to get before he stops agreeing with Republicans?
yurbud
Dec 2012
#14
Or maybe TPTB (or whatever) had a version of this plan ready to go no matter whothe election winner.
nc4bo
Dec 2012
#25
TPTB (The Powers That Be) is a very small minority of super rich psychopaths who...
Larry Ogg
Dec 2012
#60
we can't outbid the rich for one simple reason (besides that we don't have the money)
yurbud
Dec 2012
#92
WE LOVE YOU BERNIE!! SHOW THEM WHAT A 'TALKING FILIBUSTER' LOOKS LIKE. GIVE 'EM HELL. nt
99th_Monkey
Dec 2012
#29
I Join Senator Sanders in expressing disappointment in accepting an extremely RW panacea
indepat
Dec 2012
#34
K&R Signed. Thank you so much for posting this. I just retired in Sept. at 65 and
snappyturtle
Dec 2012
#36
Well Lawrence O'Donnell said last night that the Republicans would not accept their own deal
Maraya1969
Dec 2012
#55
Signed because I love Sanders, not because I have any faith in theeffectiveness of petitions.
merrily
Dec 2012
#75