"If this country allows the Presidency to become more about the pockectbook then it is about the principles, we no longer are pursuing a presidency, we are pursuing a pluotcracy, and God help us if we allow that to happen."
There is nothing wrong with government leaders being wealthy. There is nothing wrong with the wealthy being involved in politics. But when the wealthy control politics, and restrict the platform from those outside their sphere of influence, then we have a problem. When the amount of money you can generate matters more than the issues, you have a problem. This country was build around noble men, stepping away from private life to make a contribution to the public at large... and then going back to private life. But how can that happen when the amount of corporate contributions or $2,000 plate dinners matters more than your values or beliefs?
If the noble man who will not give influence to lobbyists and special interest groups, can not become elected because he does not receive their money... then we have already lost.
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Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, I think we've already reached the point where the pocketbook matters more than principals, and I blame the media for allowing it to happen. That's why Huckabee as well as my guy (Richardson) aren't getting any face time and most likely won't win their respective primaries.
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