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djean111

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2. I do not think either party is going to give up all of that money.

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 06:08 PM

Sep 2014

Remember when Obama reversed his pledge to only use public campaign money? I think the huge corporate money is addictive, plus the media wants the big money for advertising, and they have lots of lobbyists. Not gonna shoo those pigs away from the trough easily or soon, IMO. And then, of course, we have accepted that, once elected, politicians must needs obey the folks what bought their ticket to the dance. Without even much of a whimper, really.

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