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You nailed it on the head.....hence the reason constantly shifts which way we lean politically every other decade....The problem is our politicians don't learn from mistakes, and continually get complacent once they reach that comfort level of being in office, and we the people suffer.

 

So that ALL of their income is derived from lobbyists?

 

That is true.....an unfortunate byproduct of the cost of running for office. As a politiican, you are now in somebody's pocket. I would have to say, that is the worst thing about the setup of our government. You will never see an average joe win the presidency as you have to have loads of money to run, or sell your soul to lobbyists.

 

Well, grassroots fundraising has seen big numbers in recent years (starting with Howard Dean in 2004)...the problem is, the media comgloms know these guys aren't interested in what their lobbyists have to say, so they get trashed in the mainstream "news" and eliminated as candidates people take seriously.

Bill Hicks was right.

 

I live in Jersey. They just arrested a whole bunch of these clowns.

 

Were all going to die in 2012 anyways
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5301284&page=1

 

Political posts..............

 

IBTL

 

Although political, it won't get locked. Everybody is AGREEING.

 

Now what kind of sense would that make? TW has a no politics rule - therefore, it should be locked.

 

I'm an indian not a chief, just a follower not a leader, so I comment on what is posted.

 

IBTL