Financiers and energy tycoons toppling American Democracy

by YankeeJim | October 22, 2010 at 12:14 pm

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America's ship is sinking.

Swiftboaters are back in force, undermining the American public with big bucks buying representation. Are Americans naïve? Will they fall for it again? If then, what is next?

They have drained the economy. What are they after now?

Oh, I know, indentured servitude. We’ll all be slaves to the bosses.

“Despite tea party energy, outside groups funded by Swift Boaters, other old hands

By Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam

Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, October 22, 2010; 1:25 PM

The Swift Boaters are back.

Funders of the stealth campaign against presidential candidate John Kerry have returned in force six years later, giving millions of dollars to independent groups targeting Democrats in the Novembermidterms, according to election disclosures and other records.

The donations are part of a broader pattern of giving this year dominated by longtime party fundraisers, Wall Street financiers and energy tycoons. Despite the burst of new political energy surrounding the tea party movement, only a thin slice of the population is donating, with the number of Americans giving $200 or more dropping dramatically.””