Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Quote of the Day
And maybe of the millenium:
We are about to round into what is going to be the most manifestly expensive -- and, therefore, the most manifestly corrupt -- midterm election in our history. We are doing so with the untrammelled power of money still the most important issue in our politics. We are doing so with the Voting Rights Act eviscerated and minority voters, most of them poor, having their franchise restricted by their state legislatures. We are doing so with campaign money virtually unregulated, and with the Supreme Court likely warming up to remove the adverb from in front of "unregulated." And the institution charged with controlling this mess on behalf of the rest of us might as well be a two-man law firm in west Texas. Is there anything else that anyone would need to create a plutocracy?Charles Pierce
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