Reply #44: So who was it, besides the far right, who was "punishing the Democrats"?

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Feingold says...

"The entire political climate is more infected by the domination of very wealthy individual and corporate interests than perhaps at any time in our nation’s history. That is why I founded Progressives United, an organization devoted not only to overturning the Citizens United decision but to challenging those involved in the political process who, for short-term political gain, are willing to seek and accept unlimited corporate contributions. This practice should be strongly opposed regardless of party..."

It's clear he's saying corporatists are the problem. Which I agree with 100%. But is the OP intended to imply the corporatists punished the Democrats? How? By foisting Obama on the Dems as the candidate? I don't think so - that's not how Obama got the nomination.

As far as Laurence Lewis, he seems to be saying that, even though corporatists are the real problem, that we must necessarily support them, because they threaten us with even worse if we don't. He sounds like every other dipshit that tries to sell us on the "my way, disaster, and nothing else in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE" scenario. I automatically mistrust him, even before I read the article in detail and research whatever assertions are fact-based enough to be testable, though there isn't much.

And FWIW, neither article says anything whatsoever about the source or meaning of the "punishing the Democrats" meme.