Who says money doesn't buy elections?

[SourD]

Originally Posted by ringwise

Pick me, pick me.....

Unions, green companies, unions, trial lawyers, Soros.

How'd I do?

Pretty good I'd say, except green companies are going bankrupt left and right.

[Aganusn]

I think we all know we're pretty much an oligarchy now lol.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Hillrunner

Your joking right.

Yeah. I was going and keep it up, but I could barely type it while keeping a straight face.

[mhouse2001]

Another reason for socialized elections. No private money should be allowed or tolerated. Equally distribute money to candidates and let (OK, force) people to educate themselves before they vote. That kind of power of the people will have to be fought for and can be won by placing non-party candidates in every election. Difficult? Of course.

[Aganusn]

Originally Posted by california-jewel

Of course not, why would they, it is perfectly ok for Obama to spend spend spend, and some will have their reasons why it is perfectly ok.
The excuses made for Obama keep on coming, amazing is it not.

Newsflash: Politicians and government are going to spend money. It doesn't matter if they're a republican or democrat. There are poor people, old people, people with too many kids etc. Not everyone can be rich or middle class. This is common sense.

[pbmaise]

Dark money gets us Lovecraftian monster.

See Wikipedia page.Dark money - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Are politicians in your area indebted to paying dark money back?

[chielgirl]

Originally Posted by buddy5

^^And this is precisely why Ron Paul is so hated. They know he won't take money, so all of the other polititions hate him.

All of his policies are based on the Constitution.

No, it's simply because he's a wackjob.
Blame it on whatever you feel comfortable blaming it on, but the guy is insane.

[BigHouse9]

Originally Posted by SourD

And where exactly is Obama going to get his billion from if not from corporations or the uber wealthy?

Soros, that liberal propaganda idiot

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by LetsRock

Money has absolutely nothing with an individuals responsibility to vote for the candidate of their choice.

Yes, but individuals can be manipulated by those with greater resources.

With money you can use focus groups to find the right buttons to push and then push them to get the votes you want.

[djacques]

It doesn't buy elections. It buys the politicians who win the elections.

If money itself were enough to buy an election, we'd have had eight years of President Perot followed by eight years of President Forbes.