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I think rifek means that you cannot elect a president that is not the choice of those with the money, so the actions of US president are conditionned by that.

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by Antoni Jaume on Tue Jul 24th, 2012 at 12:59:05 PM EST
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Yes.  The SCOTUS held in Citizens United, and recently reinforced in American Tradition Partnership, that the 1% own US elections, and nothing short of a constitutional amendment can do anything about it.  As a side note, American Tradition Partnership is a far-right organization focused on climate change denial and attacking alternative energy.
by rifek on Tue Jul 24th, 2012 at 01:38:44 PM EST
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There hasn't been a President elected from outside the Corporate Wing of either party since 1948, so its not like Citizen's United was necessary to bring that about.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Jul 24th, 2012 at 06:32:34 PM EST
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Which explains the "so long as" part, but does not explain the "not" part. I can't find what I wrote that was in contradiction to that.

It's possible to elect a President who is not from the Corporate Party, but its certainly not easy, and its certainly not going to happen without a movement making it happen, which means the prospects for doing so in 2016 have gone to the wayside and the earliest possibility is 2020.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue Jul 24th, 2012 at 06:30:29 PM EST
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