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Kickin' Faux pas Oct 2015 #1
Clinton/Third way dems support it Robbins Oct 2015 #2
If Hillary were part of an oligarchy, she would be a GOP person: She is in public service lewebley3 Oct 2015 #39
Total fail. Phlem Oct 2015 #40
Even third a grader, could see you just a are blind Sander supporter lewebley3 Oct 2015 #43
What an astute comeback. Phlem Oct 2015 #44
yep that was like someone slipping on ice PatrynXX Oct 2015 #46
My sides are hurting. sgtbenobo Oct 2015 #78
Thanks, it was astute:You probably gave your Sanders poster a kiss lewebley3 Oct 2015 #96
Holy shit you're doubling down? Phlem Oct 2015 #107
I am lewebley3 Oct 2015 #108
I guess life Phlem Oct 2015 #110
Hillary supporters are loyal Dem's, Sanders people are bashers of Dem's lewebley3 Oct 2015 #112
your freaking beyond ridiculous. Phlem Oct 2015 #113
Just telling the truth lewebley3 Oct 2015 #114
Uh huh. I know the truth and what your spewing is grade school material. Phlem Oct 2015 #116
Only GOP congressfolk can do anything about the banksters? AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #51
The GOP are the only ones that can pass a bill: They are the majority: Just a fact! lewebley3 Oct 2015 #56
And the attorney general does the prosecuting AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #62
If the majority wants stop funding to attorney general they can! lewebley3 Oct 2015 #89
They can't even vote for a Speaker Paulie Oct 2015 #69
Again: The GOP are in power, the Dem's are not! lewebley3 Oct 2015 #101
So AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #102
You come off as a low information voter. JRLeft Oct 2015 #99
Funny your post do the same for me: You seem like an ideologue lewebley3 Oct 2015 #100
Amazing the millions they've made fleecing,errr, working for the public good. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #52
They left the White House in debt: They have earned their money by working hard! lewebley3 Oct 2015 #55
Dead broke, no less. 7 years later $100,000,000. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #58
They earned their money after they left White House: lewebley3 Oct 2015 #90
Book royalties donated to charity, iirc. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #91
Good, the Foundation had lot of money to help a lot of people lewebley3 Oct 2015 #92
Mostly it helped the Clintons. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #93
Mosty helped people: Quid pro: Is more GOP tash talk: lewebley3 Oct 2015 #95
The Clintons earned their money: It mostly to helping people lewebley3 Oct 2015 #97
Working hard to get support from the big banks, that is. senz Oct 2015 #104
The Clinton's income was all accounted for on their Taxes! lewebley3 Oct 2015 #111
Yes, they left the White House: Most if not all American's were doing well lewebley3 Oct 2015 #94
The middle class was being gutted Armstead Oct 2015 #105
Not when the Clintons were in office: Bush Gutted middle class! lewebley3 Oct 2015 #109
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #57
"Cut it out" Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #48
If the Oligarchy susvives the 2016 elections. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #3
We are in a bubble and a crash is in the near future. Democrats better hope it doesn't happen JRLeft Oct 2015 #4
I think that is why the Republicans only have clown candidates. They know it is going to happen LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #9
I think Wall Street and the banksters are pretty much already jwirr Oct 2015 #23
The media will place the blame on the incumbent party and continue to rake millions from JRLeft Oct 2015 #32
If history repeats itself... coolepairc Oct 2015 #41
We now have a bubble and crash economy. I think we can expect to have recessions every few years liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #59
we drop it and it explodes. Vincardog Oct 2015 #6
Oligarchy = Too big to fail. jwirr Oct 2015 #20
You're right. Some are in denial this is the case. Avalux Oct 2015 #5
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #7
Until we fix this problem, all other solutions are at risk. nm rhett o rick Oct 2015 #8
First step is money out of politics. Until then we are fucked royally. JRLeft Oct 2015 #10
Yes, I agree, but we are stuck because we can't get our reps to stop taking money. nm rhett o rick Oct 2015 #12
Wall Street owns a large portion of the party, but most voters don't know. JRLeft Oct 2015 #15
Yes. We can't expect people who benefit from the current system to then dismantle it for us. leftupnorth Oct 2015 #16
And then break up the monopoly in media. jwirr Oct 2015 #24
We need to break up the monopolies on just about everything, including energy companies. JRLeft Oct 2015 #29
+1000 nt abelenkpe Oct 2015 #30
The 2nd thing we should do - WE THE PEOPLE take back OUR airways and get the MSM out of the hands in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #66
We need to make it illegal to lie. (Hello Faux News) JRLeft Oct 2015 #67
It use to be unethical for journalists to blatantly lie. Until FAUX NEWS came along. in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #68
Thanks to the courts this will require an ammendment. JRLeft Oct 2015 #70
We have the battle of our lives coming. The Corporations have bought us. in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #73
And they're not done. They want it all. JRLeft Oct 2015 #75
K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #11
Recommend. nt Zorra Oct 2015 #13
You mean this Clinton? JaneyVee Oct 2015 #14
Low hanging fruit Armstead Oct 2015 #37
Ridiculous. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #17
WTF do you call the ruling class then? JRLeft Oct 2015 #18
An internet myth. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #19
It's a myth to you - not to me. 840high Oct 2015 #21
. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #22
There are 454 people in the House, 100 in the Senate treestar Oct 2015 #87
Hmmm... a couple of Princeton and Northwestern proffessors would disagree with you. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #25
The poster above lives in a bubble. JRLeft Oct 2015 #28
The facts are not strong with that one. TM99 Oct 2015 #31
Yeah - Princeton and Northwestern. Pish. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #33
Those liberal elite universities TM99 Oct 2015 #36
We still have elections treestar Oct 2015 #85
Not really pinebox Oct 2015 #34
Because we all know officials can't be bought. Phlem Oct 2015 #42
Right... kenfrequed Oct 2015 #84
Exactly. A real oligarchy does not have elections: treestar Oct 2015 #86
If Hillary is nominated, 2016 becomes irrelevant to our country's future: oligarchy. DrBulldog Oct 2015 #26
Kicked & Rec'd SoapBox Oct 2015 #27
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #35
Especially the social ones, the oligarchs are masters of social engineering. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #38
And the fact is apparently amusing to some... bvf Oct 2015 #45
Oh, thank goodness I already have that person on ignore. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #61
One suggestion Utopian Leftist Oct 2015 #47
Good point but unfortunately ologarchy is becoming more accurate Armstead Oct 2015 #103
Unfortunately, Thespian2 Oct 2015 #49
Third Way DLC Third Way DLC Third Way DLC Third Way DLC bla bla bla bla bla... RBInMaine Oct 2015 #50
Nope. Oligarchy. Armstead Oct 2015 #65
KnR! n/t Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #53
I wonder if the powers that be will allow this kind of change of terms into our textbooks. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #54
There will be no Public Schools left, so no, the kids will get the new propaganda textbooks. in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #71
Sadly, I agree. Education is the issue that turned me from Democrat to Independent. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #72
I'm finished with the Democratic party too. The real eye opener for me was when in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #76
I have an autistic son and have watched the school system under the Race to the Top liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #77
Unbelievable. That's outrageous. I would have done the same. in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #79
I think they inflate graduation rates by simply passing students through the system. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #80
A mistaken notion of oligarchy should not go into textbooks either treestar Oct 2015 #88
All the razzle-dazzle of the primaries means nothing. edgineered Oct 2015 #60
Of course. It's really a lot easier on yourself to stop thinking of the US as a democracy. frizzled Oct 2015 #63
on the contrary, it pisses me off that we no longer have a democracy and makes me liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #64
This is why the Democratic failed, the stealth libertarians turned them into corporate conservatives Todays_Illusion Oct 2015 #74
Good post OP, I would add that to me anyone urging Democratic to move to the center is TumbleAndJumble Oct 2015 #81
Voting for Hillary is voting for the oligarchy ...IMO. L0oniX Oct 2015 #82
Oligarchy approved. PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #83
They are a part of it--Clinton/Third Way Dems are not ignoring it! CoffeeCat Oct 2015 #98
The Clintons ARE oligarchs -- and the data proves it. senz Oct 2015 #106
Since that is where we live..we have to deal with them at their level. Not by angst but by action! kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #115
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