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TomCADem

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12. But If You Are A Rich Donor, You Would Like To...

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 08:31 AM

Nov 2013

...Think your six figure donation gives you some clout. But if a Sheldon Adelson comes in and 9 figures at close to $100,000,000 in 2012 and the Koch Brothers are using a whole Club for Growth apparatus to threaten your preferred candidates with a primary challenge, then even the $100,000 guys feels relatively insignificant. The GOP has evolved to the point where a few billionaires can effectively control the party and are willing to spend obscene amounts of money to get their way.

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crazy fuckers, hope they rip the party apart. gopiscrap Nov 2013 #1

I Think The Real Fight In The GOP Is Not Conservatives... TomCADem Nov 2013 #2

yup, good analysis gopiscrap Nov 2013 #4

if Soros did that, right now with the way things stand gopiscrap Nov 2013 #5

But If You Are A Rich Donor, You Would Like To... TomCADem Nov 2013 #12

yeah I have to agree with you gopiscrap Nov 2013 #14

But since repubs Turbineguy Nov 2013 #9

No surprise at all. This brand of RW extremism has Eleanors38 Nov 2013 #3

Yes, well said.. mountain grammy Nov 2013 #15

Ha! People have thought me obnoxious for years. Eleanors38 Nov 2013 #22

Change We Can Believe In blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #6

Theocrats all. longship Nov 2013 #7

f*** the conservative agenda Skittles Nov 2013 #8

Its not just about taking the US backward titaniumsalute Nov 2013 #10

agreed Skittles Nov 2013 #20

People who say things like "They refuse to learn" need to learn. nt bemildred Nov 2013 #11

More light needs to be shined on these cockroaches jsr Nov 2013 #13

Good. We to get benefit by watching the carnage. Dopers_Greed Nov 2013 #16

precisely! the Pubs have $ and want people, the Dems people and want $ MisterP Nov 2013 #17

I thought they had already siezed control of the Republican agenda Jack Rabbit Nov 2013 #18

"They refuse to learn" DeSwiss Nov 2013 #19

Primary each other, please Zambero Nov 2013 #21