As a common citizen, what I would like to see done about this Russian scandal?

[ewagner]

13. That's pretty idealistic Kentuck...

in a "normal" political sense that would be the optimum solution...

but this isn't normal...

Little by little we've let talk radio and campaign finance reform fall by the wayside so now all that matters is sensationalism 24/7 on the airwaves and how much campaign money from the oligarchs flows into the campaign coffers...

The repubs have the cash to buy almost any election and the gerrymandering of 2010-2011 sealed it tight! Those a-holes in DC don't work for us, they work only for themselves and those who finance their campaigns.

It didn't happen all at once...it happened in small increments since the "Austrians" decided to overturn The New Deal all the way back to 1947...they almost did it with Goldwater in 1964 but learned the lesson of public manipulation which grew the think tanks. The think tanks grew trickle-down and Reagan and during his administration the deregulation of broadcasting and ABC proclaiming that TV news was a "profit center not a public service"...

It's complicated but we've fallen for false patriotism and dedication to a vision of America that never existed spouted loudly and relentlessly from the Repub party. There is no easy solution as far as I can tell.