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Warpy

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83. The real cherry on the cake is the super PAC system
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:37 AM
Feb 2016

that billionaires lavished many millions on, thinking Citizens United would allow them to buy the election, hey, no sweat!

Now it turns out those super PACs are nothing but big scams, spending less than 5% on average on the election. That means for every million they put in, they get $50,000, enough to buy two or three 30 second commercial blocks in one market. And that's if they've spent any money making commercials! So where did the money go? Hey, executive salaries, posh office suites, and slick mailers looking for more suckers to pour money down the rathole.

The Republican Party started to devolve into a racketeering organization in the 70s with the Nixon Dirty Tricks squad. You want to talk schadenfreude, let's talk about how the rackets are now scamming them.

It IS the small things in life that makes it worth living DJ13 Feb 2016 #1
Hey! Glamrock Feb 2016 #2
Thanks for the chuckles, hope this gets to stay nolabels Feb 2016 #4
this was a GREAT read Skittles Feb 2016 #3
well, that was a pure delight! thank you. bbgrunt Feb 2016 #5
Awesome read. So funny and so true. Thanks. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #6
Jury results: Mariana Feb 2016 #7
Someone alerted this!?! DU has lost its damn mind and the this proves the jury system is not only Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #11
Did you read the reason? Too funny. LOL nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #15
I did. lol 840high Feb 2016 #77
Chill. The jury voted to leave. Hortensis Feb 2016 #17
Something tells me that was a pre-emptive alert. Someone MH1 Feb 2016 #73
DU has not list its mind! This jury voted 7-0 in favor of leaving it! (eom) Samantha Feb 2016 #80
The alert was the reason. The result is good, but people are abusing the jury system Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #81
Oh my, that was the funniest alert ever. Kudos to the alerter. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #12
Alerter needs a meal for french cries, a waahburger and a whinekin Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #18
But the only thing they objected to was the "mushroom filled with creme." Live and Learn Feb 2016 #19
Yeah, that could become the next DU meme. sarge43 Feb 2016 #32
Yep, I love it. "Just another mushroom filled with creme argument." Live and Learn Feb 2016 #36
Limitless possibilities sarge43 Feb 2016 #41
Already looking for where I can use it. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #42
"That's a MFWC rebutal." sarge43 Feb 2016 #43
ROFL. Already trying it out: Live and Learn Feb 2016 #44
Looks like it could take. sarge43 Feb 2016 #46
Definitely. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #47
Bwaaaaaa Glamrock Feb 2016 #51
It should be served with Chicken breaded with cornflakes Sanity Claws Feb 2016 #35
That sounds yummy. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #37
I'm offended too! lol opiate69 Feb 2016 #59
ROFL Live and Learn Feb 2016 #63
Maybe they're allergic to Mushrooms? Quackers Feb 2016 #60
or creme? Live and Learn Feb 2016 #64
LOVE IT Skittles Feb 2016 #26
This could actually make juries and jury duty fun. lol nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #27
ooh that's a tough one Skittles Feb 2016 #62
That actually made me laugh out loud. myrna minx Feb 2016 #38
You mean ALOL? lol nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #39
What, someone's never watched the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka? Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #13
Was that you? If so, I can only say: Live and Learn Feb 2016 #21
The alert? No. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #23
Damn, I would have bet on that. ROFL Live and Learn Feb 2016 #25
I suspect the alert was a joke nxylas Feb 2016 #29
It really is. But it is hilarious either way. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #31
Oh ffs! Glamrock Feb 2016 #50
What an awesome realistic post appalled_again Feb 2016 #8
politics has become entertainment olddots Feb 2016 #9
Politics has been entertainment for a long time. Mariana Feb 2016 #22
Giving you a what? TrollBuster9090 Feb 2016 #10
Oh yeah Glamrock Feb 2016 #75
can we have an AMEN! anniebelle Feb 2016 #14
I have nothing to add. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #16
DUZY nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #20
Hmmm .... the taste of GOP tears? Delicious! ebayfool Feb 2016 #24
Rec & Kick. MerryBlooms Feb 2016 #28
It was such a complete shit show Nyan Feb 2016 #30
Agreed. That debate was one of the funniest, laugh out loud, spectacles that I've ever seen prayin4rain Feb 2016 #33
Ah, and thanks to whoever gave me the heart :) nt prayin4rain Feb 2016 #58
Your OP should be pinned! eom LiberalElite Feb 2016 #34
Simmer down now. lonestarnot Feb 2016 #40
Simply marvelous CanonRay Feb 2016 #45
Hopefully not an orange one! Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #48
fantastic verbal ejaculation! tk2kewl Feb 2016 #49
Are you having a OldHippieChick Feb 2016 #71
Yes! Yes! Yessss! tk2kewl Feb 2016 #72
This is absolutely the best I have read in a long time. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #52
Awesome thread, thank you! Very funny! :) nt steve2470 Feb 2016 #53
I don't have the plumbing to produce a boner, but that was a hugely Nay Feb 2016 #54
And yet--the surviving member of the clown troupe has a 50% chance of being the next President... First Speaker Feb 2016 #55
Boner killer! Glamrock Feb 2016 #56
...... Hotler Feb 2016 #57
posts like this are why I'm at DU! n/t cynannmarie Feb 2016 #61
Y'all have been very very kind. Glamrock Feb 2016 #65
Good... deathrind Feb 2016 #66
I think we're living it! Docreed2003 Feb 2016 #74
It calls to mind a heavily armed, meth-fueled riot hifiguy Feb 2016 #67
you mean a boehner? spanone Feb 2016 #68
Purple and Angry. Iggo Feb 2016 #69
"Trump is Bizarro Superman." klook Feb 2016 #70
You're a poopyhead. Bwahahahahaha! valerief Feb 2016 #76
Epic! HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #78
Sometimes I wish I had your cojones... dchill Feb 2016 #79
i love the title of this post ;) lmao mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #82
The real cherry on the cake is the super PAC system Warpy Feb 2016 #83
This election cycle is so wonderfully bonkers. killbotfactory Mar 2016 #84
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