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FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)
8. First overturn Citizens United
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 08:51 PM
Jan 2015

Without getting big money out of the government, nothing will change.

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Will the U.S. ever get a SYRIZA? [View all] Ken Burch Jan 2015 OP
I am sure there is big money working away right now in order to prevent that from djean111 Jan 2015 #1
Well yeah. Ken Burch Jan 2015 #2
The U.S. is not Greece. cheapdate Jan 2015 #3
We are moving towards that, though. Ken Burch Jan 2015 #5
Typically, things DO have to get that bad for radical change. cheapdate Jan 2015 #7
Um, we've moved far AWAY from that frazzled Jan 2015 #24
Things have been getting worse under President Obama? (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #25
different countries , the situation in the US is not like Greece JI7 Jan 2015 #4
Yet. But the push for austerity and for greater privileges for the few Ken Burch Jan 2015 #6
First overturn Citizens United FLPanhandle Jan 2015 #8
True. We should be getting initiatives on the ballot all over the country to do that. n/t. Ken Burch Jan 2015 #11
Please justify your claim that the only way the Democrats can "regain power" is to become hard-left? brooklynite Jan 2015 #9
not "hard-left"(that's a right-wing slur term, used to accuse people on the left of Stalinism, btw). Ken Burch Jan 2015 #10
...and we won in 2008 and 2012. brooklynite Jan 2015 #13
Republicans belong in the Republican party. Where they belong Ramses Jan 2015 #14
Assuming you can win exclusively with Democratic votes is beyond naive... brooklynite Jan 2015 #15
Then its time to choose sides Ramses Jan 2015 #16
Great to know you stand with them -- do they stand with you? brooklynite Jan 2015 #17
propaganda will only go so far Ramses Jan 2015 #18
I stand with the Democratic candidate who can win the election... brooklynite Jan 2015 #19
If you stand with a candidate who supports Republican policies Ramses Jan 2015 #20
Dear 99%ers: sorry the Republican Administration eliminated the minimum wage and your union rights.. brooklynite Jan 2015 #22
minimum wage and union representation is under assault daily Ramses Jan 2015 #23
No. If people cared they'd vote these people out in the primaries. We have the Democratic party we Chathamization Jan 2015 #12
Well, in much-more-liberal Greece it took 33% unemployment Recursion Jan 2015 #21
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