You have no hope, lad, until you get the money out of politics. Our election system needs to be completely revamped.
The Brits allow six weeks but we have a much bigger country so let's make it ten weeks and all public funding. No campaign contributions from fat cats or crooked corporations....or their libertarian lackeys. *
I'm old enough to remember when we were sold a bill of goods about candidates being picked in "smoke-filled" rooms. "Give us primaries" was the cry.
Well, smoke-filled rooms produced viable candidates. Primaries produce extremist assholes. Be careful what you wish for.
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/...s-lobbying
The Brits allow six weeks but we have a much bigger country so let's make it ten weeks and all public funding. No campaign contributions from fat cats or crooked corporations....or their libertarian lackeys. *
I'm old enough to remember when we were sold a bill of goods about candidates being picked in "smoke-filled" rooms. "Give us primaries" was the cry.
Well, smoke-filled rooms produced viable candidates. Primaries produce extremist assholes. Be careful what you wish for.
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/...s-lobbying
Quote:The Kochs are fiercely political libertarians and thus believe much of government is wrong and that companies should be freed from the shackles of regulation. They openly fund libertarian organisations and, surely, have every right to promote their political ideology in any (legal) way they can. Just as every other American does.
