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Thinkingabout

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4. If someone is foolish enough to think Wall Street and corporations is not going to give a candidate

Reply to Just for Fun (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 12:07 AM

Dec 2014

Campaign contributions and their desired candidate will accept the funding or they will not be elected. The 99% does not have the funds to support a candidate on the presidential level. Is it good, perhaps not but this is reality.

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You know something? *EVEN* before the nomination started, the expected price of $1b came first. [View all] Just for Fun Dec 2014 OP

K&R.... daleanime Dec 2014 #1

Given the First Amendment, it's impossible to "keep money out of politics" (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #2

Allowing Unlimited Corporate and Dark Money is a New Interpretation of the 1st AndyTiedye Dec 2014 #5

I'll do it for $0.5 billion. postulater Dec 2014 #3

If someone is foolish enough to think Wall Street and corporations is not going to give a candidate Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #4