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Old 06-17-2012, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Riverside
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Billionaire Romeny donor Sheldon Adeleson hosting American Crossroads convention at his Venitian Hotel in Vegas: "We dabble in politics... It's like Fantasy Baseball!" (crowd roars in approval):

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...0EFQK91yb7yAqw



Yes folks, THIS is what our democracy now looks like- our elected officials as Fantasy Baseball teams for billionaire donors.

THANK YOU, RW SCOTUS, for making the worst aspect of our form of government - the ability of money to corrupt the system- "perfectly legal"
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Old 06-17-2012, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Syracuse, New York
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It must have been hard for Romney to find a sugar daddy even richer than him.
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Old 06-17-2012, 12:26 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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Of all the things to be worried about, a statement like that is pretty far down on the list. I suppose you were equally alarmed when Pres. Obama compared himself to LeBron James & proclaimed 'I got game [as a politician, that is], baby.'

As for money in politics, you're never going to get it out until you shrink the size and scope of Washington DC. If you're a tax-and-spend, big gummint lib, you can thank yourself; no need to thank the SCOTUS.
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