Response to sabrina 1 (Reply #15)Wed May 20, 2015, 06:39 PM
nadinbrzezinski (137,055 posts)
26. You misunderstand
we endorsing big money is part of our coverage of big money and it's role in politics. We no longer cover the race perse, but we cover the effects of big money in politics. Last cycle we interviewed a local expert. This year I think I will endorse big money as the obvious winner and distorter of whatever passes for democracy any more.
You see when my local congressman and his competitor spent, with the PACs, 17 million for a seat in Congress,... well what can I say? Money is the big winner there.
I expect my local congressman and his challenger to outdo each other this year, and spend at least 20, perhaps double it. that be 34 million. Have you checked how much a US Congressman gets paid a year?
That be 34 million? I thought that be retardant.
Can you tell I'm cynical? What if I say that I'm cynical again? Can you tell it now?
You think you know stuff, but you really don't. You think at election time every just climbs out the grave and pulls the "D" lever, but there's more to it than that. There's sausage and stuff involved. I know about it. You don't.
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By the way, I thought her blog was a "newspaper", but now it seems to be a non partisan media outlet. When did that happen?