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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday's Non Sequitur Toon Nails it- "Because all media outlets are owned by those same corporations"
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)She said EVERY member of Congress.
Not just every Republican in Congress
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Unless you think someone like, say Dennis Kucinich, has been a corporate tool his entire Congressional Carree.
I can name many more who aren't corporatists.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)but the truth is that the tsunami of campaign contributions and lobbyists is over whelming for the majority of senators and representatives.
If the billionaires and corporations take a drubbing this year, it may turn the tide but the need for curtailing unlimited spending by the fat cats is urgent and has been at crisis levels for years.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)"If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women and then vote against them, you have no business being up here."
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)knocked down and kicked around.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)the MSM are reporting these "rigged" polls.