Thanks to IzaakMak at I Want Ice Water for bringing this video to my attention. The following is Rachel Maddow’s commentary last night about political spending in this year’s presidential campaign. Arguably one of the smartest analysts on television today, Maddow explains where the money is coming from. If you care at all about Joe Six-Pack having a say in how this country is run, this will make you despair. If you are staunchly conservative, I imagine you’ll cheer.
Thanks for the plug PT! 😀
No problem. It’s well deserved. Thanks for the video.
I forgot to mention that I actually had to download the video from the show’s site and then upload it to my YouTube channel to avoid using MSNBC’s horrible looking embed! 😯
Then I owe you a double thank you. I went to YouTube to get it and didn’t notice you were the one who uploaded it. Thank you, thank you.
I got tired of waiting for Licentiathe8th’s channel (the one you got the last one from) to upload it, but they never did. I actually wasn’t sure I could do it myself until I tried! 😀
I’m glad you did. With Lockerz and Vodpod screwed up, I never know if I’ll be able to embed a video or not.
Wouldn’t you know it? Licentiathe8th just started uploading. That one isn’t there yet, but the first two are from the same show! 🙄
This kind of thing does make one feel powerless….
Totally. All I’ve got is my one little vote. I cling to the hope that the vote count, ultimately, is beyond the reach of the millionaires and can still make a difference.
Once they’ve got control over the senate and the presidency, they’ll say, “we need to return America to the original vision of the founding fathers!” Then they’ll roll-back the voting system to “white male land owners.” Of course, they might also include “making 1 million or more per year.” Bow to your new overlords!
And there would go my one feeble little vote. 🙁
I am fuming. All that money going to waste on politics. Unbelievable and shame! There has to be a way to stop candidates from spending excess money or we will never have another poor Abe Lincoln ever again as President. Only the rich can become presidents? Nice thought to teach our children..especially when they say they want to grow up to become President….I think we just burst dreams.
This has to be stopped…Somehow the Middle Class has to take a stand…Is there no way to allow all this money waste, and lies added to good interviews. I am sick and tired of this.
Help!! Someone please stand up and Help. They help the black when they are down…how about the rest of us…Who can we turn to. I am thinking we might not even have an honest election count.
Fear not. If the election count is in doubt, they’ll let the Supreme Court decide …