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In reply to the discussion: STUNNING: Colbert's Revelation [View all]Blue_Tires
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I knew every one of her shameless antics was just play-acting so she could fleece her cult of suckers for millions...I'll just never understand why they kept falling for it when Palin was SO goddamned brazen and naked about it...
The same for Ron Paul to a lesser extent -- I'd gotten blown up for it on DU at the time, but I said back in '08 that the scale of Paul's campaign/advertising/organizing was nowhere near representative of the donations that had been poured into it...To say nothing of the fact that he was such an early primary dropout; I knew he just wanted to cash out and pocket the rest just before things were getting rough...
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You got that right. Wall St and corporations will be the demise of us all.
raouldukelives
Nov 2012
#130
Explains the bankrupt losers' list the GOP ran. Newt, especially, showed up for the $$$.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#19
The video discusses revealing donors, nothing mentioned about 'legal fictions' or 'siphoning' money.
PoliticAverse
Nov 2012
#26
Yep, I heard it the first time watching it last night. Definitely says "legal fiction."
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#116
I'll vote for Illegal Fiction. Both of those words fit them better, imho!
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#122
So the law was written as an elaborate way to swindle, legally, money from people...
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2012
#38
It's stuff like this that needs to be exposed to givescope and depth to the arguments to change this
Nika
Nov 2012
#58
stunning... the corrupt system in full display. saw a TV news report on making a living off of
Divine Discontent
Nov 2012
#87
Interesting that this comes out just as Boehner says ACA is "law of the land."
BadgerKid
Nov 2012
#90