| "In one of my trips to DC I got a tour of the new DNC headquarters. One of the stops was the fundraising center for congressional Democrats. It was a cubicle farm, about a third occupied by members huddled over the phone begging for money, aides in hand with open three-ring binders full of names. They weren't doing America's business. They weren't working for their constituents. They weren't governing. They were begging for money. The shock of seeing those congressmen and women in such humiliating position severely shook my faith in American democracy. That's not democracy. The need to raise millions for their races means candidates spend 8 hours or more on the phone dialing for dollars, rather than working on behalf of their constituents or meeting with them. This system cannot continue." |
Holy crap; we are doomed. That's really all I can say.
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