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vi5

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26. Which is in fact part of the problem.

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 04:57 PM

Dec 2014

We need people in key posts who make decisions not based on the politics and optics but on the effectivity of the decision being made and whether it is in the best interest of the department in question and the country as a whole.

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Nearly 80 percent of those who collected more than $500,000 for Obama took key administration posts. [View all] woo me with science Dec 2014 OP

Obama is a lot like Clinton... kentuck Dec 2014 #1

and so it goes. .... marym625 Dec 2014 #2

Also...see these posts by RiverLover: woo me with science Dec 2014 #3

Good Links, also. n/t KoKo Dec 2014 #11

Corruption! JDPriestly Dec 2014 #14

Half a Mil? Thats the fredamae Dec 2014 #4

Sounds like a lot, but really, it's astonishing how little we get sold out for. merrily Dec 2014 #6

It is astoundingly low, isn't it. woo me with science Dec 2014 #8

200 max donors. joshcryer Dec 2014 #22

Rec only for visibility and not because I approve of the kind of cronyism described by Schulte. merrily Dec 2014 #5

Well, bundling up a half mill is a demonstration of political acumen. aikoaiko Dec 2014 #7

Yep. joshcryer Dec 2014 #16

Which is in fact part of the problem. vi5 Dec 2014 #26

The system is completely honest and forthright. This is just a coincidence. Zorra Dec 2014 #9

Kinda like putting wealthy sellers of Hair Growth products in charge of HEW. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #10

And to think Don Siegelman remains in prison... Octafish Dec 2014 #12

Thanks. The Siegelman case is shameful. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #17

Siegelman went down due to a corrupt AG. joshcryer Dec 2014 #20

He should be out of prison right now. That Siegelman is still in prison does not speak well for JDPriestly Dec 2014 #21

Obama doesn't do pardons much. joshcryer Dec 2014 #25

+1 Enthusiast Dec 2014 #19

Those are the good guys...if it's money our way it's okay. ileus Dec 2014 #13

Somebody lend me $500K. I want to be a Marshal NightWatcher Dec 2014 #15

It's not that hard. joshcryer Dec 2014 #18

Thanks for posting this! 20score Dec 2014 #23

You can't really expect a plutocracy to work like a democracy at all. Rex Dec 2014 #24