The U.S. Supreme Court with its one ruling on Citizen’s United has created a new class of prostitution in our country. Prostitution is defined as, “The act of setting one's self to sale.” In other words, someone acts as if they care about someone for a price. The more money they spend the more time it buys them with the prostitute.
Political prostitution is the act of candidates selling themselves to the voters. The candidates listen to the voter’s views and pretend to care as long as the voters pay the contribution price. The more money a voter spends the more time they get with said candidate. People without the money to spend receive little to no time with these political prostitutes. For the candidates it is all about how much money they can raise to buy airtime with the networks in the fall.
These political prostitutes are influenced by large amounts of cash contributed to their campaigns by big businesses with deep pockets. The U.S. Supreme Court has turned our elected officials into political prostitutes who are for sale to the highest bidder this year.
Republican Candidate for President Mitt Romney said it best when he said, “I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.'' (Mitt Romney, following his Florida primary victory) With hundreds of thousands of people on the streets because of the downturn in the economy, the “safety net” he spoke about cannot begin to help all of those American voters.
New republican voting laws that require voters to have identification stating a permanent address is not possible for homeless individuals; therefore, those new laws are designed to disenfranchise homeless people for voting in this country. Someone that cannot afford to pay the rent on a place to live cannot begin to pay the price political prostitutes charge to allow a voters voice to be heard in this country.
Our political system is broken because of the ruling made by the U.S. Supreme Court. We have no say in the way candidates will vote in Washington D.C. because most Americans cannot afford the ticket to speak with a political prostitute. A prostitute who charges hundreds if not thousands of dollars for an hour of their time just to listen to what a voter feels is an important issue. New campaigns start as soon as the old one is finished in this country so elected officials are always trying to rise new funding for their next campaign. Maybe it is time for the voters to exercise their rights and just not show up at the polls. I for one have closed my very limited purse strings tight until the candidates can show that people matter more than raising money.
Current elected officials are too busy with their prostitution to go to Washington D.C. and demand reform laws that would fix our broken political system. Their Johns and Janes have not interest in encouraging them to fix the current system either.
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Teddy)
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die."
The O'Coilean (O'Collins)
'A great host with whom it is not fortunate to contend, the battle-trooped host of the O'Coileain."
Abraham Lincoln
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
From NPR Radio
"Rosa sat so Martin could walk.
Martin walked so Obama could run.
Obama ran so our children can fly!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
Unknown
"Friendship is loving someone no matter what is in their past. It is accepting the fact that they are human and that they have made their share of mistakes over a life time. Trust is being able to tell your friend the most private secret knowing that they will not judge you. A life is not lived well without that one true and trusted friendship."
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
"My job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable"
Albert Einstein
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
Will Rogers
"I don't belong to an organized party--I'm a democrat."
President John F. Kennedy, Democrat
“If by a ‘liberal’ they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people—their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties—someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a ‘Liberal,’ then I’m proud to say I’m a ‘Liberal.’”
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Lora O'Brien
"All I can do is share one person's experiences on her own path, not tell you how to walk yours. If a guru is what you are looking for, find another! If I am a teacher, it is because I am already walking the path that you, Dear Reader, may wish to be on. Although each of us must make our own way, I can put up signs at least, and make the way slightly less hazardous for those who wish to walk a similar path."
C. S. Lewis
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die."
The O'Coilean (O'Collins)
'A great host with whom it is not fortunate to contend, the battle-trooped host of the O'Coileain."
Abraham Lincoln
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
From NPR Radio
"Rosa sat so Martin could walk.
Martin walked so Obama could run.
Obama ran so our children can fly!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
Unknown
"Friendship is loving someone no matter what is in their past. It is accepting the fact that they are human and that they have made their share of mistakes over a life time. Trust is being able to tell your friend the most private secret knowing that they will not judge you. A life is not lived well without that one true and trusted friendship."
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
"My job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable"
Albert Einstein
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
Will Rogers
"I don't belong to an organized party--I'm a democrat."
President John F. Kennedy, Democrat
“If by a ‘liberal’ they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people—their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties—someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a ‘Liberal,’ then I’m proud to say I’m a ‘Liberal.’”
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Lora O'Brien
"All I can do is share one person's experiences on her own path, not tell you how to walk yours. If a guru is what you are looking for, find another! If I am a teacher, it is because I am already walking the path that you, Dear Reader, may wish to be on. Although each of us must make our own way, I can put up signs at least, and make the way slightly less hazardous for those who wish to walk a similar path."
C. S. Lewis
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."
A Female Democrat
1/1/10 A new year and a number of future elections to cover. The budget will be a major issue this year and we must work hard to protect the core values of our party.