Clinton thread
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"We all agree that last night's so-called debate was execrable. We all agree that the nation should collectively hold ABC's feet to the fire. We all agree that ABC and George Stephanapoulos and Charlie Gibson colluded to carry water for the other side, generally, and Sean Hannity in particular.
We all agree. But we're not talking about what actually happened last night. What it all means. What ABC's performance underscores in spades.
Last night? Last night was the collective establishment on both sides of the aisles telling we, the people, to go fuck ourselves.
Last night, the people who consider themselves to be the true "elites" of this nation began stepping up their game, showing us what Obama -- and we -- should start to expect if we keep pushing a candidacy that they can't control.
Last night, the corporate-controlled media and the right-wing noise machine and the RNC and the old Democratic party guard made it absolutely clear that they consider democracy, the netroots, and anybody who hopes for true change in America an anathema. The enemy. The other.
Last night, the people who've entrenched their control of this country and become fatter and happier during 24 years of the combined Bush and Clinton political dynasties said, "Not so fast."
Last night, people who truly believe they're better and more important than the rest of us told us to step the hell off.
Last night, they put us on notice that, once again, there's no bar below which they're not willing to crawl, no playing field they won't deliberately tilt off level, no lie they won't tell, no stunt they won't pull, no deck they won't stack, no dice they won't load to put the genie of an empowered U.S. public back in the bottle."
- power tends to rig, no news there.********
- fair shake in o8********
- power tends to rig, no news there.