I'm sadly beginning to wonder if the current system is repairable, because it is (Reply #54)

In the discussion thread: Allen West on Obama: 'The Resurrection of an Imperial Presidency' [View all]

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 03:10 PM

RKP5637 (65,715 posts)

54. I'm sadly beginning to wonder if the current system is repairable, because it is

so broken and money/greed/corruption/questionable electronic voting/personal agendas/MSM/banking/wall street/corporations/PACs/lobbyists, etc. (much longer list) have bought the government.

Many people today with money and power really don't give a F about the country or the people, they are in politics for wealth, power and fame.

Being in politics gives them a good bargaining position for more wealth, power and fame. That all said, this is neither an Obama bash nor a democratic bash, I'm speaking in generalities. I just think many today are in it for selfish reasons of wealth, power and fame. This was true in the past, but it seems more prevalent over the past years.

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63 replies	Author	Time	Post
Allen West on Obama: 'The Resurrection of an Imperial Presidency' [View all]	Adenoid_Hynkel	Jun 2012	OP
OK Allen, than change the law.	democrat_patriot	Jun 2012	#1
Uh, wasn't Allen FOR all this when Bush did it? nt	nanabugg	Jun 2012	#27
Perhaps I'm confused	eaglesfanintn	Jun 2012	#2
You're not confused. The GOP are desperate. And often mirror themselves.	freshwest	Jul 2012	#36
I think he was talking about King George being the last Imperial Presidency.	WCGreen	Jul 2012	#55
Please -- Don't give that clown the attention he's thirstin' for...	Blue_Tires	Jun 2012	#3
I agree. Anyone who takes the time to listen to him is wasting that time. He is a fool.	The Wielding Truth	Jun 2012	#8
I agree to all that, but everybody sometimes needs 'a good laugh'.	Amonester	Jul 2012	#50
If President Obama is "an imperial president", your last R president was....	steve2470	Jun 2012	#4
Beat me to it! - n/t	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#46
Wrong king, Allen	rocktivity	Jun 2012	#5
"Love it or Leave it"	Bandit	Jun 2012	#6
When they call him an Imperial President, a dictator, a tyrant.	bluestateguy	Jun 2012	#7
+++ 1,000 +++ n/t	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#51
+++	AtomicKitten	Jul 2012	#56
I give. Which is it? An "Imperial Presidency" or a "Socialist Peoples Republic"?	marble falls	Jun 2012	#9
Any insult against Obama works for the Republican base.	Jamaal510	Jun 2012	#12
When they are as uneducated as this..	AsahinaKimi	Jun 2012	#18
don't forget, today Rmoney said he was Crony Capitalist. Can't keep their 'ists' straight. n/t	progressivebydesign	Jul 2012	#35
The only true "ist" is Mittski - elitist.	marble falls	Jul 2012	#38
This insanity, this GARBAGE, this deliberate partisan political PSYCHOSIS has to stop.	woo me with science	Jun 2012	#10
+100000000000000	stockholmer	Jun 2012	#16
Recing Post #10 by woo me with science.	bvar22	Jun 2012	#29
That was a very good post that I fear will fall on deaf psychotic ears. + post/rec	Dragonfli	Jun 2012	#31
Amen.	hay rick	Jul 2012	#33
I think a alot of people see this, but they don't want to sabotage the Dems for fear of ending up	limpyhobbler	Jul 2012	#41
There is no easy way out.	CrispyQ	Jul 2012	#45
both maybe?	limpyhobbler	Jul 2012	#47
I'm sadly beginning to wonder if the current system is repairable, because it is	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#54
wish we could rec posts.	HiPointDem	Jul 2012	#42
+++++ 100	emilyg	Jul 2012	#43
They're aiming at swing voters in the middle: a few percent, some of whom don't pay much attention,	struggle4progress	Jul 2012	#44
We only need look in the mirror.	joshcryer	Jul 2012	#62
How did this guy get elected?	hrmjustin	Jun 2012	#11
He got elected because not enough D's showed up to the polls in 2010.	Jamaal510	Jun 2012	#13
Is't always the case!!! n/t	hrmjustin	Jun 2012	#14
is this the time...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#49
No, just the Dems who didn't vote.	Jamaal510	Jul 2012	#57
Sorry, for a while there...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#59
Says the war criminal.	Solly Mack	Jun 2012	#15
Dear Rep. West's District.	onehandle	Jun 2012	#17
Thankfully, Florida District 22 will be free of him come November.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jun 2012	#28
Thanks for nothing.	hay rick	Jul 2012	#32
I'd like to think so too.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jul 2012	#39
I've been phonebanking and have talked to a lot of people.	hay rick	Jul 2012	#40
To Allen West. The	kitt6	Jun 2012	#19
He should stick to	Turbineguy	Jun 2012	#20
Two words.	skamaria	Jun 2012	#21
HAHA!!!he is a clown!!	and-justice-for-all	Jun 2012	#22
This idiot	donnasgirl	Jun 2012	#23
Read the constitution, Allen	awoke_in_2003	Jun 2012	#24
Oh, you mean war criminal Allen West?	jmowreader	Jun 2012	#25
thank you	roman7	Jun 2012	#30
Laura Ingraham. Enough said.	lunatica	Jun 2012	#26
starting to sound like an echo chamber. Same old BS, same old people, they're losing their grip.	progressivebydesign	Jul 2012	#34
He's mentally unstable.	Bradical79	Jul 2012	#37
Who is Allen really speaking for? Who are his rich puppetmasters?	wordpix	Jul 2012	#48
Scuba on Alan West: The ramblings of a nut job.	Scuba	Jul 2012	#52
Funny, Romney gets more Nixonian by the day	emulatorloo	Jul 2012	#53
He is mentally damaged...nt	and-justice-for-all	Jul 2012	#58
Please let him be the GOP convention's keynote speaker	Generic Brad	Jul 2012	#60
Standard Repug strategy - accuse Dems of the exact thing they do.	gtar100	Jul 2012	#61
Did you sleep through 2000 - 2008?	sendero	Jul 2012	#63

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