2016 Postmortem

mgmaggiemg

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80. gov should run prisons

Reply to Waiting For Everyman (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 07:53 PM

Feb 2016

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Black icon namesake on the board of a huge private prison corp. maxed donation to HRC [View all] Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 OP

K/R. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #1

Apparently only you and I and 1 other DUer think so. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #2

It is. There are some who don't give a damn and to think that this is true is disheartening. Thank roguevalley Feb 2016 #6

You're not alone. navarth Feb 2016 #30

Here's another kick to expose this outrage. n/y JimDandy Feb 2016 #47

Thank you guys (all here). Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #49

Disgusting on so many levels. NO MORE CLINTONS! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #70

KnR for visibility. nt tblue37 Feb 2016 #75

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #3

Thanks, Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #5

Jr. on that board is disturbing, to the extreme. :( Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2016 #4

He's the only cough/sellout/cough black on the board Divernan Feb 2016 #60

Huge K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #7

Ugh. Sickening cali Feb 2016 #8

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evils Fumesucker Feb 2016 #9

Or, as I say.... Fuddnik Feb 2016 #25

Matthew 16:26 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world senz Feb 2016 #51

The prison industry is second only to the war machine in its repulsiveness. reformist2 Feb 2016 #10

I agree. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #93

Thanks for the OP, pretty damning - eom dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #11

Ugh. AzDar Feb 2016 #12

K n R bbgrunt Feb 2016 #13

And people try to say that money doesn't corrupt ... Yurovsky Feb 2016 #14

The corruptible are corrupted by money. Duppers Feb 2016 #19

Love that! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #71

..+1 840high Feb 2016 #57

It's the love of money that corrupts sarge43 Feb 2016 #91

I guess no agreed upon talking points for this topic yet snooper2 Feb 2016 #15

What people will do for money. (sigh) Skwmom Feb 2016 #16

That is so disappointing. nt MaeScott Feb 2016 #41

Now I see reasons for Chelsea's concern trolling... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #17

Zactly! Duppers Feb 2016 #20

I didn't even have to see this or check where the money was... Kalidurga Feb 2016 #76

I just got the connection confirmed... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #77

Hillary actually has the same answers sort of Kalidurga Feb 2016 #78

Clinton represents the culture that has brought us Prisons For Profits. rhett o rick Feb 2016 #101

Apparently that's not an issue.. Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #102

Oh good gawd... SoapBox Feb 2016 #18

Disgusting. K n R snagglepuss Feb 2016 #21

The Clinton Administration helped set up the private prison system. DhhD Feb 2016 #22

^^ Holy Cow!!! ^^ Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #36

Lots of Next and Previous Pages that are astounding. DhhD Feb 2016 #87

Wow, I've been reading those links for the last few hours Ligyron Feb 2016 #104

Per your request, Hillary. I'm holding you accountable. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #23

K & R!!! Thespian2 Feb 2016 #24

There is something unseemly about that. speaktruthtopower Feb 2016 #26

Disgusting to the extreme... onecaliberal Feb 2016 #27

Lee Fang does put out some very good articles. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #28

What a disturbing legacy of Thurgood Marshall (Sr)!! avaistheone1 Feb 2016 #29

+10000000000 navarth Feb 2016 #31

That is why there will not be those FEMA concentration camps unless of course they are run LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #32

Disgusting! Duval Feb 2016 #33

For some reason Stephen from Django Unchained comes to mind d_legendary1 Feb 2016 #34

This makes me very sad. Thurgood Marshall was and excellent jwirr Feb 2016 #35

Why is this important?? People who work on WS donate to Sanders uponit7771 Feb 2016 #37

It wouldn't be nearly as important, if it wasn't for Clinton WH's War on Drugs, mass incarceration 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #40

Yes. Obvious lip service is obvious. n/t JimDandy Feb 2016 #46

I bet Thurgood Marshall Sr is turning in his grave! ananda Feb 2016 #38

Yuck nt wendylaroux Feb 2016 #39

Why am I not surprised at this? postulater Feb 2016 #42

Locking up black men and other POC is a business Truprogressive85 Feb 2016 #43

I wonder if the prisoners know who their jailer is? JimDandy Feb 2016 #44

Thank you for your fine research Waiting For Everyman. jhart3333 Feb 2016 #45

Good post. What is it with these sons? Niger Innis, Thurgood Marshall Jr. Men LoisB Feb 2016 #48

k&R Mbrow Feb 2016 #50

Anyone who supports private fro-profit prisons has no place in the Democratic Party. seaotter Feb 2016 #52

Huge +1! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #73

Wow. That is sickening kath Feb 2016 #53

I hate politics libodem Feb 2016 #54

The Congressional Black Caucus PAC that endorsed Clinton also gets for-profit prison money. arcane1 Feb 2016 #55

I don't like these prisons, but don't have a problem with liberals serving on Boards. Hoyt Feb 2016 #56

Tremendous financial kickbacks to board members via stock options Divernan Feb 2016 #61

Once again, I prefer someone like him on Boards to Ted Nugent. Hoyt Feb 2016 #62

It's blood money, whomever is getting paid off to sit on this board Divernan Feb 2016 #63

LOL. Somebody has to take their money, so it might as well be a LIEberal. LOL mhatrw Feb 2016 #95

You lose your liberal label once you sell out. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #105

Political pull via campaign donations so the politicians they own vote to make everything illegal, Ikonoklast Feb 2016 #82

K & R!!! wolfie001 Feb 2016 #58

and she takes money to "bring them to heel" grasswire Feb 2016 #59

Recommend for Exposure... KoKo Feb 2016 #64

Faced with the many instances in which nyabingi Feb 2016 #65

Forgive them for they know not what they do Laughing Mirror Feb 2016 #107

Thank you nyabingi Feb 2016 #108

Familiarity absolutely Laughing Mirror Feb 2016 #109

Sickening... TeeYiYi Feb 2016 #66

Very disappointing and troubling. I feel the private prison industry is a disgrace, but MerryBlooms Feb 2016 #67

really sad stuff olddots Feb 2016 #68

Truly sickening Red Oak Feb 2016 #69

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #72

K&R amborin Feb 2016 #74

Damn. That's the most depressing thing I've read all day. n/t DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #79

gov should run prisons mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #80

Unreal... K & R n/t xocet Feb 2016 #81

Terribly sad, sickening and disgusting. PWPippin Feb 2016 #83

Run before you're found out Hillary... monicaangela Feb 2016 #84

this is bad/sad on so many levels. n/t Merryland Feb 2016 #85

Probably rewarding Hillary for having her SuperPAC run by David Brock jfern Feb 2016 #86

why people can not see the picture...? kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #88

Kicking before the censor. yourout Feb 2016 #89

K&R Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2016 #90

sigh* nt retrowire Feb 2016 #92

Sell-Outs Can Be Any Color! billhicks76 Feb 2016 #94

That's fucked up in a fucked up way. snort Feb 2016 #96

oh the webs we weave. K/R BigBearJohn Feb 2016 #97

Appalling! xynthee Feb 2016 #98

K&R Sounds like a couple super predators need to be brought to heel. raouldukelives Feb 2016 #99

Just another disgusting example. floriduck Feb 2016 #100

Some money is too dirty for a progressive to touch. n/t Orsino Feb 2016 #103

Put me down for 'disgusting' on this one. nt navarth Feb 2016 #106

Ewww! mntleo2 Feb 2016 #110