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In reply to the discussion: On the eve of this election, there's something I need your help to understand [View all]Dustlawyer
(10,539 posts)getting rid of campaign contributions. I get attacked frequently for "splitting our vote" and letting the evil Republican win! I respond by telling them the same, if you believe in Democratic ideals, why would you ever vote for a Corpratist?
Everyone who believes that they are truly making a difference by voting for Democrats is duped just like all of the Billy Joe Jim Bob's voting Republican. All of that corporate money these Democrats get comes with strings attached. Just look at Obama's record of Wall Street prosecutions (Eric Holder is Obama's guy after all)! They spend 80% of their time fundraising. What do they do at all of these fundraisers, make promises in return for that money to continue flowing, that's what! Those promises rarely benefit the average American.
Wake up! Our whole election system is broken, corrupt, rigged... They get us to vote the lesser of two evils by always having a crazy bag of shite running as a Republican! "Oh no, we have to vote for Hillary because otherwise Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney will get in. Then the Democrat quietly does the bidding of the corporations and throws us a few bones to be better than the Republican they will face next election.
To stop this we need to fight for Publicly Funded Elections and attack the root problem that allows corporations to run this country by owning the politicians!