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    hasta la victoria, siempre cheguevara's Avatar
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    the candidate of the 1%

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/69744.html

    Wall St. plays Occupy White House

    But these angry voters are unlikely to get satisfaction in next year’s presidential election. In fact, things are looking up for the financial elite — which donated more to Washington politicians than almost any other sector of the economy over the past two decades. Wall Street can look forward to a bank-friendly administration if Obama is reelected — and perhaps even better conditions if either of the two leading GOP contenders, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, wins the White House.

    Despite his occasional remarks that decry “fat cat”’ bankers, Obama has effectively serviced the financial bigwigs. Bank prosecutions have declined markedly under Obama — to levels not seen for more than 25 years. Obama has even tried to derail aggressive bank prosecutions pursued by state attorneys general, most of them liberal Democrats.

    Even while trying to exploit the Occupy Wall Street movement for political purposes, Obama still leads in financial sector donations, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. He has secured more cash from the financial elite, at this point, than all the GOP candidates combined. He has even raised twice as much as they have from Bain Capital, the venture firm co-founded by Romney. Why not give up on the white working class when you can sew up the Harvard and Wharton business school cons uency?

    Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz1frTsPJDg

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    e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0 MannyIsGod's Avatar
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    Says one thing, does another. Obama just needs to go ahead and invade Iran so I can be convinced I worked for the black John McCain.

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    This is very old news and why anyone would be surprised is beyond me. Be real.

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    Romney is Wall Street's candidate

    but Gingrich + Obama are a good plan B

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    Despite his occasional remarks that decry “fat cat”’ bankers, Obama has effectively serviced the financial bigwigs. Bank prosecutions have declined markedly under Obama — to levels not seen for more than 25 years.
    Bank prosecutions by year.



    Chart from here.

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    sadly that Bush II presidency is as guilty or even more so

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    ... is one reason why I say the 1% runs the corporatocracy masquerading as a mythical democracy.

    and there ain't nothing any Human-Americans can do to vote down the Corporate-Americans. absolutely nothing

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    Obama is just a figurine, a chess piece that was bought by the bankers.

    they also own most of the other pieces running for president, the pieces that are called media, the rest of the lawmakers, the pollsters, the voting machines, etc,etc.

    democracy

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    Someone called this decades ago. When many of you were in diapers. Aint a damn thing changed.


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    Dr. Ron Paul has been right on many things. that is why he is being silenced by the 1%

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    Live by what you Speak. DarkReign's Avatar
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    Quite obvious who is going to win the '12 election based on the Republican field.

    Wall Street is just betting on the favored horse in the race.

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