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fredamae

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45. Local Grass Roots

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 01:54 PM

Jan 2015

efforts only stay local when the news doesn't spread to those family/friends who live in other areas of your state or even to those close to you in Other states. Word Can travel real fast.
I think we could make a notable impact by 2016 Easily...Because so Many People are So fed up with Corporate Money buying Our government officials/our very government...The message would be more readily acceptable..imo this is a Valuable and I believe Sensible tool to move Away from said Corporate influence.
Simply support the people They Don't.
It's worth a try...unless there is another solution-what other tools do we have at our disposal that Doesn't cost Money?

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Whoever enters the White House on January 20, 2017 will have raised $1 billion. [View all] MohRokTah Jan 2015 OP

Gross. bigwillq Jan 2015 #1

Reality MohRokTah Jan 2015 #3

CU is making democracy the slave of money. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #22

As if it wasn't the slave of money before! MohRokTah Jan 2015 #24

Democracy would have been an indentured servant before CU...... Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #31

You confused me with the "DU" MohRokTah Jan 2015 #43

It sucks it's all about the money. If Hillary gets in, it will still be all about the money. n/t benz380 Jan 2015 #2

If Hillary doesn't get in, it will still be all about the money. eom MohRokTah Jan 2015 #4

Not if Bernie, Elizabeth, or another real Democrat gets in, and not a corporatist. n/t benz380 Jan 2015 #7

You think they won't raise money yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #19

Warren will have to raise $100 million, wild guesstimate, to make it through Iowa and New Hampshire, where ad time is Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #27

I'm more concerned about the corporatism after the election is won. n/t benz380 Jan 2015 #47

Elizabeth Warren is not running. Already said so many times emphatically. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #44

Maybe not but money is still being raised yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #48

Warren is not involved in ANY fund raising for a run at the presidency. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #50

Why would the American people be stupid enough to vote for the canidate who raised the most money? ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #5

The American People can be pretty damned stupid. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #8

In 1980 they elected Reagan not once but twice yup America is not very bright ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #23

You must have missed the last election... Historic NY Jan 2015 #46

Money is highly overrated and is used as a fright factor. The world events in the last 6 weeks CK_John Jan 2015 #6

In 2016, the cost to enter the White House is $1 billion. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #10

Aren't we supposed to be for getting the money out of politics? Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #9

Two words. Citizens United. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #11

Two other words. Goldman Sachs. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #14

Who would you rather have replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg? MohRokTah Jan 2015 #32

Bernie Sanders or Jerry Brown Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #41

Neither of them are capable of raising $1 billion. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #42

Oh, well. I guess we'll be stuck with a "Not as Bad" corrupt politician again. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #49

It's the political reality. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #51

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Paine Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #52

Gross. HappyMe Jan 2015 #12

The ONLY way to campaign finance reform is to overturn Citizens United. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #13

I don't hold out much hope that it will HappyMe Jan 2015 #15

Actually, I think you are wrong. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #16

I kind of doubt that. HappyMe Jan 2015 #18

Raising funds in 1992 is very different from raising funds in 2016. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #20

I still don't think they mind. HappyMe Jan 2015 #28

Oh they mind. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #33

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Get rid of the fundraising aspect and we go back to issues instead of personalities. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #38

Well, that's disgusting. cyberswede Jan 2015 #17

I agree, it's disgusting. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #21

Or whoever is anointed by the mighty Koch brothers. KamaAina Jan 2015 #25

IF the Democratic candidate does not raise more money than the GOP candidate... MohRokTah Jan 2015 #26

Maybe Bernie could do a fundraiser in Zimbabwe. KamaAina Jan 2015 #29

Heh! MohRokTah Jan 2015 #35

Good one! Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #36

If there are No Other fredamae Jan 2015 #30

Convince 160 million other voters of that. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #34

Exactly...yet fredamae Jan 2015 #39

Grassroots is best locally. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #40

Local Grass Roots fredamae Jan 2015 #45