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11. Your attempt at sarcasm is failing. The purchase of the party is a serious problem.
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 08:10 AM
Apr 2015

Corporate money IS corrupting the direction of the party.

Your attempt to pretend that it's all fake outrage doesn't change that. I have always considered that one of the lamest rhetorical tactics used in corporate propaganda, to deny the obvious by pretending it's hyperbole.

Red vs. Blue = Oligarchy Theater for the masses.

Mass spying on Americans? Both parties support it.
Handing the internet to corporations? Both parties support it.
Austerity for the masses? Both parties support it.
Cutting social safety nets? Both parties support it.
Corporatists in the cabinet? Both parties support it.
Tolling our interstate highways? Both parties support it.
Corporate education policy? Both parties support it.
Bank bailouts? Both parties support it.
Ignoring the trillions stashed overseas? Both parties support it.
Trans-Pacific Job/Wage Killing Secret Agreement? Both parties support it.
TISA corporate overlord agreement? Both parties support it.
Drilling and fracking? Both parties support it.
Wars on medical marijuana instead of corrupt banks? Both parties support it.
Deregulation of the food industry? Both parties support it.
GMO's? Both parties support it.
Privatization of the TVA? Both parties support it.
Immunity for telecoms? Both parties support it.
"Looking forward" and letting war criminals off the hook? Both parties support it.
Deciding torturers are patriots? Both parties support it.
Militarized police and assaults on protesters? Both parties support it.
Indefinite detention? Both parties support it.
Drone wars and kill lists? Both parties support it.
Targeting of journalists and whistleblowers? Both parties support it.
Private prisons replacing public prisons? Both parties support it.
Unions? Both parties view them with contempt.
Trillion dollar increase in nuclear weapons. Both parties support it.
New war in Iraq. Both parties support it.
New war in Syria. Both parties support it.
Carpet bombing of captive population in Gaza. Both parties support it.
Selling off swaths of the Gulf of Mexico for drilling? Both parties support it.
Drilling along the Atlantic Coast? Both parties support it.






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My opinion? 90 percent of the sitting Congress. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #1
The way we're headed, 90% is going to be a very small number. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #5
Your attempt at sarcasm is failing. The purchase of the party is a serious problem. woo me with science Apr 2015 #11
+1 The problem is systemic at this point. Corporate money pouring into all aspects of government. woo me with science Apr 2015 #9
congress. they harbor some doozies. elehhhhna Apr 2015 #2
Jimmy Carter treestar Apr 2015 #3
Yeah. He sucked. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #6
Forgot FDR. He couldn't pass either. treestar Apr 2015 #10
DWS? Chan790 Apr 2015 #4
If there is going to be a purity test, we won't have a candidate. Vinca Apr 2015 #7
Remember, electability is less important, even if we lose. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #8
Rahm Emmanuel Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #12
FDR and JFK lamp_shade Apr 2015 #13
That's harsh, but... Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #21
Don't forget Bay of Pigs and beginning our involvement in Viet Nam nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #23
You took me seriously. Hah! lamp_shade Apr 2015 #30
Please tell me... Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #32
Buzz Clik pintobean Apr 2015 #14
I second, Buzz Clik aspirant Apr 2015 #16
+1 Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #18
+a Brazilian Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #19
Fail Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 #15
Wrong answer Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #17
Making it poorly Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 #20
Shit! I don't cap'n's purity test! Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #22
Still unfunny and unoriginal Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 #24
That's it. You're going on the list. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #26
You better believe it! Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 #28
Any Democrat who manages to get elected... FSogol Apr 2015 #25
Wouldn't it be easier to compile a list of those who still do? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #27
That's funny - I'm compiling a list of Democratic Leaders we should follow blindly el_bryanto Apr 2015 #29
That's a discussion for another thread. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #33
Okay, I think I'm getting a sense of this. Here's the updated list. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #31
Don't forget LBJ (Vietnam). And Truman (nuked Japan). DanTex Apr 2015 #35
+1. Double down on Warren -- she voted for Reagan! Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #37
I'm a life long Democrat. I do not have a leader I vote for people to represent me. that's it. mulsh Apr 2015 #34
I see. We'll add you to the list. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #36
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