The Buying of the Presidency
I have been busy reading lately, a little book with the same title as my post here. Insightful to say the least. This book covered the corporate and private sponsorship of the President and his democratic challengers for this election. If you have time, and regardless of the outcome on Tuesday, democrats and republicans alike should read this eye opening book for the Center for Ethics and Integrity. Most suprising to me was the fact that our President's top financiers are none other than the pharmaceutical companies that are holding our elderly and poor hostage in enfermity in exchange for big government kickbacks and profits that go above and beyond. Just what they give to the presidential campaign could provide millions of people with the medication they desperately need to live and be healthy. All of you with elderly parents struggling to get by, start writing letters to your senators and assemblymen, this nonsense must end!
Curious about the privatization of Social Security? I'm not anymore. Not after seeing the many investment companies who have donated generously to W over they years. This isn't some progressive plan the pres. has people, it's called payback to Wall Street. And if you want to be able to retire before you die in this lifetime, you need to start fighting this now! We already have a privatized retirement option in America, it's called a 401K. Well, what else can I say? Read the book, find out where John Kerry and John Edwards got their money too.
Vote on Tuesday!
posted by Alli @ 7:17 PM
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good to have you back. It seemed like forever. when i get time, i do hope to read the book, in the meantime people should really check www.opensecrets.com
Usually, when an election goes badly, my reaction is a little cynical. I believe that Americans do not always get the government they want, but they get what they deserve. The apathetic non-voters get fleeced like sheep, while the ignorant voters get a much-needed lesson.
These past two presidential elections give me no such evil satisfaction, however, because the 2000 vote was stolen, and this one may well have been stolen, too. Republicans were extremely active in illegal acts of voter suppression and disenfranchisement. Electronic voting in machines built and operated by Bush supporters have been highly suspect in swing states.
Are we supposed to just say "Oh, well" when TV reporters tell us that the exit polls were all wrong?
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