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so Alex Sink is the miserable candidate who lost again in
Florida she lost a rick Scott person that seem like you could move to
goes his company rate did the large Medicare fraud in American history he
was the CEO at the time she wound up losing too many way then she lost to a
Republican lobbyist
in a special election that happen earlier this week now
I do have to correct the record on one thing I said I made a tremendous mistake
in trusting
conservative writer online who does that come on of course he turned out to be
wrong
he'd said that Alex Sink outspend
other problem lobbyist for 21 now as usual the trick to they play
that is correct but only if you're looking at just
the candidates not independent expenditures when you put in independent
expenditures
it's a whole different ball game and of course
rich republicans in corporations poured in that kinda money in favor the
republican the even the
battleground now turns out that according to washington Post the GOP
group
what are the race with about 5 million bucks
and that'll do a little bit more than just evening things out in fact
local paper Tampa Bay Times had a great story about the city in before the
election to give me a sense of how much money was spent
already heaping pointed out that in the thirty three years before his death
a US Representative CW Bill Young who see that was before he passed away
spent a total of 6.7 million dollars on his campaign's
33 years 6.7 million up the race to succeed him they point out
has blown past twelve million dollars in three months
money in politics is an
absolute title away maybe that's y nos got a bill is an art now
Woodgate did escape from all the lobbyists corporate
money absolutely drowning our election system in our democracy
so you know how many commercial that aired in just that district for just
that one race
nearly 200 political commercials
aired on TV each day 200
day it's amazing now in house races on average
the candidates themselves you suspend 93 some money
in the olden days of 2004 that's about long ago right
but back then the candidates raise the money and spend it now
in this Pinellas County race only 30 percent of the money that was spent
in the race was spent by the candidates meaning the seventy percent
comes from those independent expenditures which is which can now
spend unlimited money because a Citizens United
that means people from outside the county rich donors
in this case a lot of money more came of course as usual
from the Koch brothers on the right wing side can come in and say
I would like to purchase that congressman so even though the
actual candidates are spending a whole heap a money they come in without
mortgage
larger amount the Papa Don ago thank you very much
I'll take that congressman any allow work for me in the central United gays
justice kennedy talked about how not only is there not corruption
if you spent unlimited money in these elections there won't even be there
appearance of corruption. does it appear like there might be corruption
improving their now congressman jolly doesn't always job to those guys who's
poor
and minima by million dollars at least on his side
just in independent expenditures of course he owes in the race you'll know
what without
now outside spending in 2008 before citizens united was already
totally out of control this three hundred million dollars in an election
cycle
in 2012 it was a billion dollars
haha wat the yellow 2014 2016
it's only getting worse and worse there's only one answer this
get the money out of politics otherwise they're gonna buy every single
congressman Sarah politician in the country
wharf batch back dot com if you're not part of the solution you're waiting for
our democracy to get straggled entirely
30 dead at the national level they've already bought almost all of congress
on the state level they haven't got all the representatives and senators yet
so we gotta go get those guys and get them to
fix this system by calling for convention the an amendment to your
money into politics
otherwise we're all screwed