Obamas donate two million

[JCanete]

57. we need to be able to make suspect any message that is coming from a person who is taking money

from a corporate interests with its own agenda, whether that be a politician or a source of news/"journalism." The money is the prize because the rest is sold to further those interests. The most egregious divisive things are peddled because they are tools towards one end. Yes, there are a lot of things we need to talk about, but we can't do it successfully if we can't deal with the thing that ties them all together.

One of the reasons nobody cares about the Republican shenanigans is because they think, rightly or wrongly that both parties are corrupt, and we haven't done a great job of disabusing them of that notion, so instead, they've chosen their politicians on social issues or safety or talking tough. or on "government sucks and needs to be downsized...vote for me and I'll prove it..."