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supraTruth

(496 posts)
Wed May 23, 2012, 01:17 AM May 2012

How will we EVER have fair elections & good government w/FIXEDnewsCORP owning 2 channels SMEARING

Democrats & liberals 24x7x52/yr?

They gave US the 2000 STOLEN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FLORIDA, THE IRAQ FIASCO & THE TORTURE SHAME!

SERIOUSLY, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THEIR NON-stop LIES & DECEIT which has cost US BLOOD & TREASURE!

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How will we EVER have fair elections & good government w/FIXEDnewsCORP owning 2 channels SMEARING (Original Post) supraTruth May 2012 OP
We won't. MrSlayer May 2012 #1
It seems like EVERY1 here has just GIVEN UP. supraTruth May 2012 #2
Sometimes things just are what they are. MrSlayer May 2012 #3
Saying DUers have 'just given up' and are 'stupid'... pinboy3niner May 2012 #6
Then WORK HARDER; TWEET EVERY1 IN THE MEDIA ABOUT; BUT doN'T be STUPID & GIVE UP! supraTruth May 2012 #7
Even if you broke the media monopolies, the rich can still buy the politicians like always. Selatius May 2012 #4
2 channels out of hundreds. randome May 2012 #5
 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
1. We won't.
Wed May 23, 2012, 01:33 AM
May 2012

And quite frankly nothing can be done about it, not really. When only sponsored candidates can run, only sponsored candidates can win. The bad guys won and I blame my parents' generation for falling for the Reagan bullshit.

How I wish I could leave. But they've made that near impossible as well. Money is freedom. No money? No freedom.

 

supraTruth

(496 posts)
2. It seems like EVERY1 here has just GIVEN UP.
Wed May 23, 2012, 01:40 AM
May 2012

That is just STUPID.

Twitter the LAMEstreamCORPORATEmedia until they HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION!

START HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002715818

& THEN EXPAND THE LIST & GET YOUR FRIENDS TO DO THE SAME!

DoN'T give up!

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
3. Sometimes things just are what they are.
Wed May 23, 2012, 04:23 AM
May 2012

Call it stupid if you want. I see it as reality. They bought the media, the government, the courts........everything.

Even when "we" win, We don't win.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
6. Saying DUers have 'just given up' and are 'stupid'...
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:36 AM
May 2012

...is hardly a winning strategy here.

Freedom of the press means that no party in power may abuse government authority to suppress the rights of the opposition--not even the rights of the GOP Faux News.

Selatius

(20,441 posts)
4. Even if you broke the media monopolies, the rich can still buy the politicians like always.
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:21 AM
May 2012

When politicians rely upon private cash to run a campaign, the easiest path is to court the wealthiest donors.

It'd be far easier to court a group of 2000 people who can donate $2,000 each for a total of $4,000,000 for your campaign vs. courting 40,000 poor workers who can only donate $100 each for the same $4,000,000 sum. For most politicians, this is a no-brainer, and the wealthy donors can offer better gifts anyway.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. 2 channels out of hundreds.
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:29 AM
May 2012

It was the Supreme Court that decided the election. And it is our abhorrent representatives in Congress who gave us war, torture and a lackluster economy.

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