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BigOleDummy

(2,270 posts)
5. Me either
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 05:02 PM
Aug 2019

They can sling so much money at "our" politicians that any internal problems they may or may not be having won't make much difference.

There HAS to be a way to get all this outside influence money OUT of our politics. If a candidate cannot get the money he or she needs for a campaign from donors, real individual humans, then they don't deserve to have it. In my opinion anyway. "Citizens United" and super P.A.C.'s have eroded not only public confidence in our "leaders" but also subverted the very idea of Democracy.

I feel so sad for them RainCaster Aug 2019 #1
Tots and pears IronLionZion Aug 2019 #2
I am not convinced. dchill Aug 2019 #3
OK IronLionZion Aug 2019 #4
Me either BigOleDummy Aug 2019 #5
when Dems take back the Senate and White House IronLionZion Aug 2019 #7
It would be a first FiveGoodMen Aug 2019 #8
McCain Feingold was passed in 2002 IronLionZion Aug 2019 #9
Oh, what a shame! ellie Aug 2019 #6
The Best Evidence that the NRA's Influence is Waning is that GOPers No Longer Brag About A Ratings Indykatie Aug 2019 #10
It's pretty bad when Ollie North is relatively ethical. keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #11
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