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napoleon_in_rags

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9. What about the people behind the scenes?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat May 18, 2013, 11:57 PM

May 2013

The Koch's? Rove? All the rest who work huge influence?

And what about the media power players? Limbaugh? Hannity?

My view of politics has changed over the years. I now see politicians as mostly responding to influence, and power being in the hands of those who exert it behind the scenes. Powerful lobbyists, media players, etc. I think these behind-the-scenes players have a lot to answer for as far as the status quo.

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If you had only one person to hold accountable for the present gridlock in our government? [View all] kentuck May 2013 OP

Grover Norquist. bluedigger May 2013 #1

Grover was my best estimate, too... MrMickeysMom May 2013 #13

Mr Cantor actually. nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #2

Ford. TransitJohn May 2013 #3

Has to be Boehner. JaneyVee May 2013 #4

You mean Boner? Auntie Bush May 2013 #6

Boehner is too afraid of the tp bunch, Haskert had the rule not to let anything come to the floor Thinkingabout May 2013 #5

McChinless McConnell - the head of the Filibuster Party in the Senate. Marie Marie May 2013 #7

Boehner magellan May 2013 #8

What about the people behind the scenes? napoleon_in_rags May 2013 #9

Richard Mellon Scaife. blue neen May 2013 #10

Yep. Him or either Koch. n/t TygrBright May 2013 #11

limbaugh the scorched earth jerk since the '90s nt UTUSN May 2013 #12

Gingrich lpbk2713 May 2013 #14

Harry Reid. He had the chance to shut them down. And did not. on point May 2013 #15

Boehner. He could have neutralized the TeaBaggers in his caucus and caucused with Democrats BlueCaliDem May 2013 #16

Bingo! kentuck May 2013 #19

Bob Grant Shankapotomus May 2013 #17

Rupert Murdock! longship May 2013 #18

One of the Koch brothers. n/t winter is coming May 2013 #20

Mitch McConnell tabbycat31 May 2013 #21

The orange looking one Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #22

Whoever's holding the purse strings. dmr May 2013 #23

James Madison Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #24

I blame the Hon. Alexander Hamilton and his Foederalist Party for this monocratic madness! Bucky May 2013 #25

Our problem is not gridlock. It is monied corruption. woo me with science May 2013 #26

Obama. For not prosecuting openly-admitted war criminals AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #27

Unelected Grover Norquist. n/t BlueToTheBone May 2013 #28