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Today's Non Sequitur Toon Nails it- "Because all media outlets are owned by those same corporations" (Original Post) n2doc Sep 2012 OP
can we handle THAT truth? hfojvt Sep 2012 #1
Well, because it isn't a 'truth', it's an unproven generalization. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #2
There are a few exceptions to the rule... rfranklin Sep 2012 #4
I love this quote from Jesse "Big Daddy" Unruh. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #7
The powers that be own the politicians, media, and much of the Court system! Dustlawyer Sep 2012 #3
Set up, JEB Sep 2012 #5
But...every single news organization has the story about how INdemo Sep 2012 #6

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
1. can we handle THAT truth?
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:03 AM
Sep 2012

She said EVERY member of Congress.

Not just every Republican in Congress

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
2. Well, because it isn't a 'truth', it's an unproven generalization.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:14 AM
Sep 2012

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)
4. There are a few exceptions to the rule...
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:02 AM
Sep 2012

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)
7. I love this quote from Jesse "Big Daddy" Unruh.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:37 PM
Sep 2012

"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."

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
6. But...every single news organization has the story about how
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:04 PM
Sep 2012

the MSM are reporting these "rigged" polls.

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