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Dustlawyer

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25. This is what makes Bernie so important!

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:57 PM

Oct 2015

This type of corporate protection is clear evidence of the control they have over our politicians through the corrupting practice of campaign donations/Super Pacs, and the Revolving Door.

This is why we have to have a political revolution and fight for Publicly Funded Elections! We will either live under corporate control and lose all of our rights and freedoms, or we rise up while we still can to oppose their bought off politicians, judges, and media!

I don't understand the defeatist among us who flock to Hillary thinking she has OUR BACKS! They give him no chance and don't seem to see the problem. The Tea Party is not the only group that falls for the corporate propaganda. Our country has been taken over while we were asleep at the wheel. This has been a gradual, patient attack, slowly eroding the regulatory agencies, brain washing the populous to demonize trial lawyers who protect against corporate excesses and government itself. They even demonized our social safetynet while entangling us in wars for profit.

We MUST get Bernie elected!!!

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WTF is going on here? --> "Obama Officials Resurrect George W. Bush Deregulation Plan" [View all] 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 OP

This is what we have to look forward to, because we elected a corporate president, and djean111 Oct 2015 #1

Sanders/Warren 2016 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #3

+10000000000 mmonk Oct 2015 #38

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 lonestarnot Oct 2015 #121

Indeed! Sanders/Warren 2016. It's time to put an end to the charade! think Oct 2015 #70

You have a really good point INdemo Oct 2015 #72

If Obama is going to try and let this SEC deregulation slide I hope she does. This is ridiculous. think Oct 2015 #73

That's the ticket! Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2015 #79

She just needs to campaign for him dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #112

That would be awesome too. My second choice, but still awesome 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #115

She may be hedging her bets dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #131

That combo would be positively orgasmic! nt tblue Oct 2015 #116

Absolutely MuseRider Oct 2015 #13

Obama is self proclaimed new Democrat aka blue dog lite. JRLeft Oct 2015 #14

Trojan horse president lark Oct 2015 #47

Yep and we don't dare say shit about it. zeemike Oct 2015 #53

+ one grand! nt Plucketeer Oct 2015 #62

Not from me I'm black. JRLeft Oct 2015 #84

Yep, as the old Seventies saying went, hifiguy Oct 2015 #90

You bet he will MsLeopard Oct 2015 #97

yep. A proud Reagan Democrat. I am so pissed I ever voted for him. I will never vote liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #54

Anyone really surprised at this point? Scuba Oct 2015 #2

Some argued yesterday that the status-quo is just fine. Dawgs Oct 2015 #4

Noticeably absent... Blus4u Oct 2015 #28

But, I thought now was when no-fuks-left Obama was going to "show his true LIBERAL colors???? 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #6

I thought the same. dorkzilla Oct 2015 #17

Give Obama a break demwing Oct 2015 #26

He'll never find those shoes. Neither 840high Oct 2015 #35

He IS showing his true colors and has been all along. hifiguy Oct 2015 #81

He had Robert Rubin on his transition team. JRLeft Oct 2015 #86

As Stan Lee used to say in Marvel Comics hifiguy Oct 2015 #88

^ This JRLeft Oct 2015 #89

He told us all in 2012 nationalize the fed Oct 2015 #91

As Jerry Seinfeld once put it in the context of baseball, hifiguy Oct 2015 #93

I am a little surprised. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #8

fuck no Skittles Oct 2015 #85

K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #7

This is what we will get from Clinton or Biden too. JRLeft Oct 2015 #15

This is what makes Bernie so important! Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #25

+ $2 billion! dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #113

JRLeft, What You Say IMO Is The ABSOLUTE TRUTH!!! ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #29

John Mitchell was thr REAL Prophet. Fuddnik Oct 2015 #48

Well, I MISSED That One! WOW! ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #55

More like a golden and brown shower. JRLeft Oct 2015 #87

Which is why I cannot live with myself hifiguy Oct 2015 #82

Robert Rubin Was WITH The Clintons Too! ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #98

I think it's now or never for many of us. It's amazing how many of us SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #117

Unfortunately As Democrats We've Gone Along With The SAME ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #129

Thom Hartmann used to say that Obama was our nation's Rorschach test d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #42

Ha, Not. lark Oct 2015 #50

NAFTA and increasing the prison population are also among Clinton's accomplishments noiretextatique Oct 2015 #56

Insurance companies are wanting to go up 20-30% on premiums; where is the savings Obama promised? DhhD Oct 2015 #120

Can't disagree with any of your points, especially the last one. lark Oct 2015 #127

mary jo white is awful nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #9

As they would say in Norway: Downwinder Oct 2015 #10

LOL dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #114

Thanks mtasselin Oct 2015 #11

I can't believe I voted for him twice. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #18

More stacking of the deck by the oligarchs. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #12

"...while simultaneously shielding big firms from shareholder lawsuits." tecelote Oct 2015 #20

That is always a part of the plan. Not that it's mentioned in polite company. hifiguy Oct 2015 #95

Dear Senator Warren : RELEASE THE HOUNDS. bullwinkle428 Oct 2015 #16

Barack 'Corporate Giveaway' Obama strikes again!!! /nt dirtydickcheney Oct 2015 #19

He fooled me. I WON'T get fooled again. NO MORE CORPORATE WHORES! AzDar Oct 2015 #21

+1 ccinamon Oct 2015 #101

Definitely 3D chess. And he's kicking the shit out of average americans. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #22

You know what? Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #31

LOL, you know the reason.... pocoloco Oct 2015 #37

Rope a dope with those who still think he's playing eleventy SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #51

Obama IS "Playing Chess", and doing it well. bvar22 Oct 2015 #58

His masters will get what they paid for YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #23

Well, this is not a good move. n/t ms liberty Oct 2015 #24

Another reason to vote for Bernie. kacekwl Oct 2015 #27

Bernie, because fuck this shit! 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #40

When we elect Hillary, it will start Reagans 10th consecutive term! Fuddnik Oct 2015 #43

Not "when" please. I hope you meant "IF.." -nt- 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #46

If. Fuddnik Oct 2015 #49

sigh marym625 Oct 2015 #30

When Obama gets behind this, I start to get really worried. EndElectoral Oct 2015 #32

She told us what she was going to do in the debates d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #45

And if they don't, like the policeman in the Python sketch, hifiguy Oct 2015 #83

it won't, and she won't, because if she ever did that.. Javaman Oct 2015 #123

Bush collapsed the economy AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #33

Crickets from Obama/Hillary supporters AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #34

i am waiting for someone to try and put lipstick on this pig noiretextatique Oct 2015 #57

Gotta draft those memos and frame those talking points. pa28 Oct 2015 #59

But, but, but hifiguy Oct 2015 #92

Sounds like he's thanking his big donors. We can expect the same from Clinton. arcane1 Oct 2015 #36

WTF is going on here? Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #39

or she. 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #41

Good point Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #104

The chief architect: ryan_cats Oct 2015 #52

William K. Black will not be amused. Octafish Oct 2015 #60

Go Bernie! Because fuck this shit. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #61

Doesn't surprise me in the least. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #63

Bill Clinton waited until near the end of his run to push this sort of crap too n2doc Oct 2015 #64

Actually Bill & Hillary already ARE in the 1%, even higher than that. 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #66

I don't think they were at the time Bill was in the WH n2doc Oct 2015 #68

Good response... Thespian2 Oct 2015 #71

Yep. Sadly it's all too obvious what's going on. /nt think Oct 2015 #74

And the cocktail parties. ronnie624 Oct 2015 #105

WTF is right Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #65

Government agencies are captured on behalf of the corporations they are supposed to be regulating. pa28 Oct 2015 #67

This is why America needs Bernie Sanders as our president! Sanders/Warren 2016! think Oct 2015 #69

tiger beat told us we'd see the real Obama these last two years Doctor_J Oct 2015 #75

They got their blinders on. They can't even see this thread. nt/ think Oct 2015 #78

tiger beat....lol SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #118

simply put its us against them olddots Oct 2015 #76

Me too. hifiguy Oct 2015 #96

"You'll take your bowl of shit and you'll like it!". nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2015 #77

If anyone is surprised, even in the slightest, by this. hifiguy Oct 2015 #80

Yes the silence is deafening fasttense Oct 2015 #100

Building his legacy. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #94

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #99

it's called TRUE COLORS SHINING THROUGH Skittles Oct 2015 #102

If you like this shit, you'll LOVE Hillary's crap! Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #103

A BIG second to this. hifiguy Oct 2015 #106

I'll third that. -nt- 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #108

just another bitch-slap from the president AnAzulTexas Oct 2015 #107

It's time to stock up on peas again, people Oilwellian Oct 2015 #109

Sanders, Warren, Sanders, Warren. Victory for the people in 2016. n/t truedelphi Oct 2015 #110

That is a ticket that would be utterly unstoppable, to the horror of the DNC & the Oligarchs. -nt- 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #111

I'm Not Sure Why Warren Hasn't Been More Vocal About Bernie... ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #130

Corporatism. Is there no corporatist policy the democrats do not love? leftupnorth Oct 2015 #119

He's just gettin' Ready For Hillary azurnoir Oct 2015 #122

What shareholders pay for, they usually get. nt raouldukelives Oct 2015 #124

Obama gives us bread and circuses and the republicons don't even want us to get that "free stuff" corkhead Oct 2015 #125

The proud Capitalists, at it again! SoapBox Oct 2015 #126

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Oct 2015 #128

I am gonna kick this twice a day hifiguy Oct 2015 #132