Second-Worst President Agrees With Wisconsin Crying Guy - Democracy Died

[GOBUCKS]

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 01:09 PM
Star Member WillyT (66,543 posts)

Jimmy Carter Says Democracy Is Dead: You Need At Least $200 Million To Run For President Of US ‘Olig

“We’ve become now an oligarchy instead of a democracy,” he continued, “and I think that’s been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards to the American political system that I’ve ever seen in my life.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027195705

Crying guy realized it before Jimmeh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy8FSyI_Djg

[SVPete]

Geez! He doesn't realize the US has NEVER been a democracy?

As for campaign spending, why do I suspect the spending of his 1976 and 1980 campaigns, if converted to 2015 dollars, might put JEC's whine into a rather different light than he intended?

[thundley4]

$200 million is barely enough to compete in the primary, try 3 to 4 times that for the general election.

[obumazombie]

Lest anyone forget, owebuma was very deceitful during his first presidential bid when it came to campaign financing.
He accepted a challenge from McCain for both candidates to use public financing.
It wasn't long after owebuma agreed to public financing that he broke that promise, and a promise to turn down special interest lobbyist monies.