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Old 04-02-2014, 11:52 AM
 
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I don't think it possible to become elected without being" bought and paid for".
But the people still have an interest in trying to prevent that?
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:07 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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Yep.

That's next.
Let me guess -- you also turned cartwheels when Citizens United was decided.

Why are you cons so fond of corruption?
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:11 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Bye bye, democracy. Oligarchs win.
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:22 PM
 
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Bye bye, democracy. Oligarchs win.
We don't have a democracy. We have a Republic.
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:23 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Yep.

Btw, these are the justices that voted in favor: Justices Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito.

It is good five justices still protect the 1st Amendment.
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado
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It's not a republic. It's a pro-corruption court and an oligarchy. One step closer to a revolution.
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:27 PM
 
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Owned and operated by the very rich, while they continue to pull the wool over everyone else's eyes and distract them with reality TV and all the while continue to marginalize them and reduce their overall quality of living. Government "by the people" is and always has been a complete farce, and an illusion.

Let's face it: this country is a legend in its own mind, but has long stopped being the beacon of freedom that it was hyped to be.
Name one other single country that has had the freedoms we do here in the USA. I bet you can't.
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:28 PM
 
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It's not a republic. It's a pro-corruption court and an oligarchy. One step closer to a revolution.
What? You're not happy with the current Progressive revolution Progressives have been cheering on for years? I'll be damned, got snookered did ya? Yep, you did
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:30 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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Name one other single country that has had the freedoms we do here in the USA. I bet you can't.
The "freedom" rich people enjoy to buy politicians is a "freedom" we could easily live without.
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Old 04-02-2014, 12:30 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/us...pgtype=article

'Even as the Supreme Court moved on Wednesday to remove limits on campaign spending, the public remains broadly supportive of them, surveys show.

A Gallup poll conducted in June found that 8 in ten Americans, if given the opportunity, would vote to limit the amount of money candidates for the Senate and the House of Representatives could raise and spend on their election campaigns.
Unlike the Supreme Court’s decision, which was split along ideological lines, the public’s views are cohesive. The poll found that broad majorities of all Americans, regardless of their political philosophy, party identification, age, education, sex or income level, preferred limits on campaign donations.'
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