None of which will be reported in this space.
Money is the root of all political evil, and no one has made that cliche' more obvious in this cycle than Greg Abbott and the brothers Koch. Even the reporting on who raised how much from whom and how they spent it is insipid. Here's proof of that from Wayne Slater.
Texas has no limits on political fundraising, and the SCOTUS is doing their dead-level best to see to it that the United States becomes more like us. The only thing a campaign finance report should tell anyone is who the biggest crooks are.
So if you want to put yourself through your washing machine's spin cycle, knock yourself out. I'm going to do what I can to keep assisting the Move to Amend folks in wringing the goddamned cash out of the system.
Because if every politician got the same (small) amount of public funds for their campaigns, you'd suddenly see a lot more responsiveness and honesty from your politicians. Because then they would have to compete in the arena of ideas. That would be anathema to a charlatan like Greg Abbott. And Dan Patrick. And on down the right-hand side.
Perhaps even the media would be able to cover political races in such a way that the candidates' words and deeds would be reported without its own bias and corrosive influence. Because then the attack ads would be gone from the airwaves.
But until that day comes, they're all just going to keep feeding you vomit. So the least we can do is not be good dogs and continue to eat it, okay?
Money is the root of all political evil, and no one has made that cliche' more obvious in this cycle than Greg Abbott and the brothers Koch. Even the reporting on who raised how much from whom and how they spent it is insipid. Here's proof of that from Wayne Slater.
Texas has no limits on political fundraising, and the SCOTUS is doing their dead-level best to see to it that the United States becomes more like us. The only thing a campaign finance report should tell anyone is who the biggest crooks are.
So if you want to put yourself through your washing machine's spin cycle, knock yourself out. I'm going to do what I can to keep assisting the Move to Amend folks in wringing the goddamned cash out of the system.
Because if every politician got the same (small) amount of public funds for their campaigns, you'd suddenly see a lot more responsiveness and honesty from your politicians. Because then they would have to compete in the arena of ideas. That would be anathema to a charlatan like Greg Abbott. And Dan Patrick. And on down the right-hand side.
Perhaps even the media would be able to cover political races in such a way that the candidates' words and deeds would be reported without its own bias and corrosive influence. Because then the attack ads would be gone from the airwaves.
But until that day comes, they're all just going to keep feeding you vomit. So the least we can do is not be good dogs and continue to eat it, okay?
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Nor brag about whose mainstream pile of vomit is bigger.
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