So you can get caught on tape discussing with a billionaire how to take down the working class....

[matmar]

and still win an election by a pretty good margin.

Impressive win for propaganda, moneyed interests.

Forboding loss for democracy and the middle class.

Pretty stunning how corruption doesn't matter.

America has become a banana republic.

[malaise]

1. Yes indeed

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Sometimes I wonder if being openly corrupt isn't a prerequisite for Americans

to vote for you - IF you're a Republican. If you're a Democrat, you have to be squeaky clean or you're out.

Has anyone else noticed this bizarre trend in American politics?

[shcrane71]

3. AND you have the worst jobs record in the nation, AND you're under criminal investigation. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

4. AND you've taken health insurance away from 60,000 of the working poor

because they "make too much."

[shcrane71]

6. While giving large tax breaks to your cronies...

[snacker]

5. They (rightwing radio and GOP legislators) have done such a good job

of pitting the middle class against each other (portraying public employees as the "haves", private sector workers as "have-nots&quot that the majority of people here don't see the wealthy CEOs as the people they should be fighting against.

[shcrane71]

7. Not just the RW radio, but broadcast networks.

NBC called it with less than 10 percent of precincts reporting.
NBC GAVE Walker the win less than an hour after the polls closed.
NBC DECLARED (therefore it must be true) that Walker won while people were still voting in Milwaukee.