by Sandy » Thu May 28, 2015 1:04 pm
The "gummints and corporations abroad" charge about Hillary's fundraising is nothing more than rhetoric and subterfuge from campaigns on the GOP side which have accepted funds from foreign corporate interests and political factions. I haven't seen a report so far this cycle, but I'll bet the Arab shiek that gave a nice wad to Dub during his campaigns has a check with Jeb's name on it. And I'm sure that in addition to the hedge fund operator that Ted Cruz rushed to collect from after announcing his candidacy, the Canadian energy interests in which he is heavily invested, and which have a vested interest in getting the Keystone Pipeline done, are budgeting their contributions to his campaign. The Clinton campaign does have some heavy hitters, though she advocates for extensive campaign reform. Well, you have to get there to make changes, and right now, it takes money to get there. But she also has the largest by far, and one of the most loyal groups of small contributors.
I think there's too much money in the system now to bring about any meaningful change. We are an oligarchy, not a democratic republic any more. In many cases, laws don't really matter much because the culture, driven by money, runs right on past them. And it's really not a partisan issue, either, since if there were any inertia in a movement to shut this down and bring it back, there's been plenty of opportunity to do so. Perhaps a political movement can still make necessary change, but ultimately, it will take the complete unravelling, and collapse, of the system in order for real change to occur.