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Are you alleging that this is something democrats haven’t done? If so, do your homework. The government and business have been tightly coupled for years.

Are you alleging that this is something democrats haven’t done? If so, do your homework. The government and business have been tightly coupled for years. It’s not new. Should there be investigations? Absolutely. Will there be? Extremely doubtful. Too much money on the table.

themitigating 4y ago
Can you point to a recent example of democrats threatening to investigate companies because they aren't donating to them?
- ggm 4y ago
  Asking a narrower question like this is good. I can't, noting I'm not the person you asked. The post is about MGT and what she did. I see no evidence Democrats do this specific one thing, which is to make public threats to corporates of revenge for de-funding. It doesn't mean I think the DNC are angels, just this isn't their modus operandi. So, to the wider question: In the wide, are you of the view there is no pressure on donating corporatism in politics across the party system?
  - themitigating 4y ago
    Why are we asking that question, as a deflection?
    - ggm 4y ago
      Not at all. MTG is a prime scumbag and representative of a dreadful process of destabilizing politics of disruption. If Steve Bannon remained true to his maoist roots her actions could not get more ideally placed to undermine trust in the process of government. But the awful aspect of this is that some distrust in the party system at present is justified. If we act like it's only Peter Theil and Koch distorting politics we do ourselves no service. The democrats get elected as much by machinery as by belief in the social equity they promote. To believe otherwise is naieve. Nancy Pelosi should have been expelled for her share trading. You appear to want to argue somehow there is no taint in democrat organized lobbying. Well fine: it's a trench war right now but please don't try to make us believe Lyndon Johnson wasn't pissing outside the tent when the Kennedys were working their machine, and that neither he nor the Kennedys knew where the bodies were buried, any more than Trueman or any other past democrat figure. They all have feet of clay.
      - themitigating 4y ago
        I didn't say the Democrats were innocent of anything. I'm pointing out that commenting on unrelated and unspecified accusations (in the orignal comment) is whataboutism and a method of deflection Also prove Nancy Pelosi committed insider trading, I don't care what democrats long dead did in the past, and the rest of what you said is more deflection. Pretending that you're somehow above this by talking about trench warefare while continually bringing up unproven allegations is also manipultive and hypocritical.
      - themitigating 4y ago
        Just to add to this because of a recent update. Mike Pence said tonight that the constitution doesn't provide freedom from religion

themitigating 4y ago

Can you point to a recent example of democrats threatening to investigate companies because they aren't donating to them?

ggm 4y ago
Asking a narrower question like this is good. I can't, noting I'm not the person you asked. The post is about MGT and what she did. I see no evidence Democrats do this specific one thing, which is to make public threats to corporates of revenge for de-funding. It doesn't mean I think the DNC are angels, just this isn't their modus operandi. So, to the wider question: In the wide, are you of the view there is no pressure on donating corporatism in politics across the party system?
- themitigating 4y ago
  Why are we asking that question, as a deflection?
  - ggm 4y ago
    Not at all. MTG is a prime scumbag and representative of a dreadful process of destabilizing politics of disruption. If Steve Bannon remained true to his maoist roots her actions could not get more ideally placed to undermine trust in the process of government. But the awful aspect of this is that some distrust in the party system at present is justified. If we act like it's only Peter Theil and Koch distorting politics we do ourselves no service. The democrats get elected as much by machinery as by belief in the social equity they promote. To believe otherwise is naieve. Nancy Pelosi should have been expelled for her share trading. You appear to want to argue somehow there is no taint in democrat organized lobbying. Well fine: it's a trench war right now but please don't try to make us believe Lyndon Johnson wasn't pissing outside the tent when the Kennedys were working their machine, and that neither he nor the Kennedys knew where the bodies were buried, any more than Trueman or any other past democrat figure. They all have feet of clay.
    - themitigating 4y ago
      I didn't say the Democrats were innocent of anything. I'm pointing out that commenting on unrelated and unspecified accusations (in the orignal comment) is whataboutism and a method of deflection Also prove Nancy Pelosi committed insider trading, I don't care what democrats long dead did in the past, and the rest of what you said is more deflection. Pretending that you're somehow above this by talking about trench warefare while continually bringing up unproven allegations is also manipultive and hypocritical.
    - themitigating 4y ago
      Just to add to this because of a recent update. Mike Pence said tonight that the constitution doesn't provide freedom from religion