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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton’s Mega-Donors Are Also Funding Jeb Bush [View all]Uncle Joe
(64,020 posts)4. The oligarchs are trying to reestablish royalty in the U.S.
Last edited Mon Aug 31, 2015, 06:57 AM - Edit history (1)
It's kind of ironic as our nation's labor pains were tied to rebelling against a King or Queen.
The oligarchs, mega-corporations and their corporate media mouth pieces have done everything in their power to keep a Bush or Clinton front and center in the nation's consciousness.
Since 1980 until 2016 in ten Presidential Elections a Bush or Clinton has been running or elected at the top or second place on the ticket 9 times, and this from a nation of over 300 million people, what are the odds of that happening without major corporate media propaganda manipulation taking place?
That's what mega-bucks buys you.
Thanks for the thread, John Poet.
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They're hedging their bets/hedge funding. Another reason a Clinton/Bush race would supress voting...
marble falls
Aug 2015
#14
That is enough evidence for me! They must be exactly the same, except for all the things they are not
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#19