Better to post an opinion piece from DU or HP than this aljazeera crud.
Well, hell, I wonder what Aljazeera thinks of America’s campaign finance laws? They don’t like them? You’re kidding...
The writer likely believes voting would be more fair if the government ran the elections...
Boy they just hate the NRA and the Koch brothers, don’t they ?
Yes- let’s end the influence of the teacher’s unions and the trial lawyers! Everyone will support that, ya?
“For instance, when 80 percent of the public asked for a change of some sort, they got their way only about 43 percent of the time.”
Just because most wanted a change doesn’t mean that they all agreed on what the chance should be. Some wanted it one way, others wanted something else. Yet others may have lobbied for a third option, so nothing got done. No mystery here, no proof of corruption.
I might be more inclined to go with “American the Brainless.” Doesn’t matter how much money is spent on ads, who is spending it or what it says as long as voters do their own homework. It is the morons who believe what they hear and read in the media that elect people like Harry Reid.