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How does it make you feel America, to learn that your votes means next to nothing ladjf Apr 2014 #1
Damn it all to hell ...we're going to vote for Hillary! That'll teach em! L0oniX Apr 2014 #4
I'm going to vote for her if she is the Democratic candidate, but, ladjf Apr 2014 #6
Why on Earth would Hillary want to change anything? Maedhros Apr 2014 #22
I must have been too vague in my post. ladjf Apr 2014 #46
^^^this^^^ L0oniX Apr 2014 #67
That'll teach us! erronis Apr 2014 #63
Voting meant something in 2008,10,12 and it will mean something in 2014. kelliekat44 Apr 2014 #44
It matters where I live in a very blue district and affects the state and nation. n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #54
Unless we vote in overwhelming numbers WhiteTara Apr 2014 #2
Won't matter. Whoever we vote in will be either blackmailed or bought off. Katashi_itto Apr 2014 #9
Sounds like it's time WhiteTara Apr 2014 #10
Let's call that Plan B. merrily Apr 2014 #12
I was responding to the poster WhiteTara Apr 2014 #16
I thought you were despairing. merrily Apr 2014 #19
Well, I do feel a bit of dispair and articles like WhiteTara Apr 2014 #43
The point and it is a point that cannot be avoided to coddle folks is TheKentuckian Apr 2014 #55
Well, I am in the running for JP in our county WhiteTara Apr 2014 #73
Meh. Where you live is not a huge barrier to voting. merrily Apr 2014 #77
self loathers? nt WhiteTara Apr 2014 #79
Who knows? Neither of them is a rocket scientist, except merrily Apr 2014 #81
And consistently, too. merrily Apr 2014 #11
When your choices are Corp-Thing 1 vs. Corp-Thing 2, it dont matter what the numbers are. rhett o rick Apr 2014 #32
We did in 2008. The corporate rule marched on Doctor_J Apr 2014 #33
Winner of the "No shit Sherlock" medal ...awarded by Capt. Obvious. L0oniX Apr 2014 #3
You beat me to it! kath Apr 2014 #8
The corporate state is maturing. Next goal? Sport. Eleanors38 Apr 2014 #65
And the only people who can change the system... Ron Obvious Apr 2014 #5
And, they wonder why so many don't bother to vote. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2014 #7
+1 LittleBlue Apr 2014 #13
Well, with Black Box Voting and other bullshit, the US doesn't have anything even close to free and kath Apr 2014 #49
This is, though simple and obvious, the most important issue in politics today BrotherIvan Apr 2014 #14
Here are a couple charts that illustrate this very vividly DanTex Apr 2014 #15
All three branches of the government. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #17
This is why we don't want Hillary Clinton. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #18
However Doctor_J Apr 2014 #34
You're saying that like it's up to us. Some of us feel that as long as we get rhett o rick Apr 2014 #35
You will be pilloried. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #36
Just as long as it aint Hillary'ed. Sorry, sorry, couldnt pass it up. rhett o rick Apr 2014 #39
... Enthusiast Apr 2014 #45
"we?" progressivebydesign Apr 2014 #70
We have a government that is by the rich, of the rich & for the rich MrScorpio Apr 2014 #20
Wake up, America. You no longer have anything to lose. 1000words Apr 2014 #21
The problem is organization.... dharmamarx Apr 2014 #23
I agree dreamnightwind Apr 2014 #59
They needed a study? WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2014 #24
and the right wing RandoLoodie Apr 2014 #25
I see only two viable solutions.... mike_c Apr 2014 #26
How about a new startup government moondust Apr 2014 #28
I'll drink to that. pangaia Apr 2014 #60
I see only one viable solution. The torches and pitchforks is romantic, so to speak, rhett o rick Apr 2014 #38
Neither will happen Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #75
We need to write to our Congressman to inform them, LOL Corruption Inc Apr 2014 #27
The public has to be educated or shouldn't vote. Shoulders of Giants Apr 2014 #29
It won't happen but dotymed Apr 2014 #30
The United States is a government of, bought by, and operated and for benefit of plutocrats indepat Apr 2014 #31
It's a rigged game.... davidn3600 Apr 2014 #37
It's the golden rule that has been in effect for millenia. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #40
Yup, just the way that lying goat-fucker, John Roberts, planned it. 11 Bravo Apr 2014 #41
K&R G_j Apr 2014 #42
There's more $$ than there are voters. Thus, the math is easy-peasy. WinkyDink Apr 2014 #47
k&r Duppers Apr 2014 #48
"Hope!" "Change!" "Win The Future!" blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #50
If you stay home on election day in the face of the money Historic NY Apr 2014 #51
There's a lot of truth to that... defacto7 Apr 2014 #57
Look at the recent "health care debate" where two-thirds of the public ... slipslidingaway Apr 2014 #52
Or immigration AngryAmish Apr 2014 #61
I don't know what to do, ZombieHorde Apr 2014 #53
A-duh. DeSwiss Apr 2014 #56
Well, duh. Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #58
In other news.... AnneD Apr 2014 #62
Vitally important study. Octafish Apr 2014 #64
marking this for a later read. progressoid Apr 2014 #66
Well. Duh. People really do get what they pay for. raouldukelives Apr 2014 #68
This is why the administration is wisely trying to get them to like us, woo me with science Apr 2014 #69
change come thru social movements, not the ballot box. KG Apr 2014 #71
MSNBC citing the study as well: Triana Apr 2014 #72
... pffshht Apr 2014 #74
Then it's fascism Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #76
K&R n/t handmade34 Apr 2014 #78
Our vote is the only democracy America has left. People better vote like their life depends on it. Sunlei Apr 2014 #80
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