The greatest October surprise ever would be

[gateley]

[octoberlib]

1. Kick & rec!

[BlueDemKev]

2. No Worries...

...it's coming!

[Raster]

3. No shit!

[silvershadow]

4. It would, but I just hope that meme isn't used against us when we try to undo Citizen's United. nt

[graham4anything]

5. Yup! California as always, led the way when Jerry Brown beat Meg- WE WON! Money can't buy love

Money couldn't buy Meg or Mitt/Glove love.

[calimary]

12. That was a truly FINE moment! Her cash was nothin' but trash.

She outspent him by a factor of something like 12-to-1.

And STILL LOST! SO satisfying!!!! Especially considering we got Jerry Brown back! It was reassuring to know that California couldn't be bought. I hope it stays like that here. But these bastards NEVER give up. And we can NEVER EVER forget that! They're like ants, rats, and cockroaches. They never really go away.




But they do make me start daydreaming about nationalizing certain industries...

[marlakay]

27. I am not in Cali anymore but...

I bet most people there like me remember Jerry from the first time…

I talked my daughter and other relatives too young to remember vote for the old guy….you won't be unhappy take my word for it.

Now they are glad.

[graham4anything]

29. Yup. I sure do.

and he has done what most people in politics don't-
he actually WANTS to serve the people and proved it in the years he wasn't Gov or running for President, he went and run for "smaller" offices to be able to serve the public and did so greatly.

I would have loved to see him as President, and a Jerry/Jesse ticket would have been something else.
He almost (again with zero money, remember the 1-800 campaign he ran, a precursor to the internet days, and came close to winning if not for that smear in my NYC.

One of my alltime favorites (and that is an understatement.)

(and unfortunately, more pick apart a stupid wedge issue, or something without seeing the brilliance in his thinking (he does the nine step ahead thinking that only the real greats do). (meaning sometimes it might appear today to most that what he does makes sense tomorrow).

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. You don't hear the beltway media talk about that either....

As far as they're concerned, whoever buys the most ads from their employers will win.

[RomneyLies]

6. I want to know what their cost benefit anlysis says after the loss

I'm betting they spent twice as much as they would've just accepting the tax increase.

[lunatica]

7. And they were so sure money buys everything!

[NotTheAristocracy]

8. They're trying, though

Have you been to any of the red states lately? Almost all political / "news" stations have 24-hour trashing of Obama and the Democrats. Once the Republicans own all of the media, it's hard to get out the word about Democratic views.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. They may not be able to...

buy the presidency, but they own just enough legislators to be a big pain in the ass.

[gateley]

16. Agree!

[awoke_in_2003]

20. And it won't stop...

until we change the laws on lobbyists and somehow get Citizens United overturned. Of course, by time that that happens, we will have unicorns that fart rainbows.

[gateley]

24. Or we'll be dead. Or America will be.

[awoke_in_2003]

25. Truthfully, I think we already are...

name legislation that actually helps Americans. ACA? The insurance companies wrote that- the only thing they didn't get was the ability to deny pre-existing conditions. Of course, there is no regulating how much they charge those with PECs. Lilly Ledbetter? Just raise women's pay to the level of men, then allow wages to go stagnant for a while. Now we are all equally underpaid. Oh, I will be voting straight democratic ticket, but the older I get, and the more the two parties act the same (or when the dems act different, they do it ineffectively), the more I think that voting is just there to add the facade that we live in a democracy*. Almost every law that is passed has big business lobbyist finger prints all over it.


* For the lurking freepers out there- yes, a republic is a form of democracy. It is a representative, as opposed to direct, democracy. In a direct democracy, every one has a vote in law making. In a representative democracy, the people elect representatives to make laws. Crack open a text book and shut the hell up.

[nolabear]

10. Surprise!!!!!!

[libodem]

11. Evil-doers!

[budkin]

13. I can't wait to rub this in their billionaire faces

[WheelWalker]

14. Rec'd and Kick'd !!

[world wide wally]

15. This would be better as a "November" surprise

[skeewee08]

17. K&R

[LukeFL]

18. You can't buy people

[gateley]

19. But you can -- look at Congress.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Congress? Look at judges.

[gateley]

23. Yep.

[Skittles]

26. THAT would be the sweetest victory of all

WOO!!!

[VespertineIconoclast]

28. k&r. n/t