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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Rigged race means Hillary takes more delegates in Bernie’s Wyoming win [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)79. Rigged IS Right.
[font size="6"][font color="green"]Great Moments in American Fascism: Republicans of Florida[/font color][/font size]
Here's how much of the nation's press were magically transformed from watchdogs into lapdogs:
The Powell Memo (also known as the Powell Manifesto)
The Powell Memo was first published August 23, 1971
Introduction
In 1971, Lewis Powell, then a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of 11 corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memorandum was dated August 23, 1971, two months prior to Powells nomination by President Nixon to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Powell Memo did not become available to the public until long after his confirmation to the Court. It was leaked to Jack Anderson, a liberal syndicated columnist, who stirred interest in the document when he cited it as reason to doubt Powells legal objectivity. [font color="red"]Anderson cautioned that Powell might use his position on the Supreme Court to put his ideas into practice in behalf of business interests.[/font color]
Though Powells memo was not the sole influence, the Chamber and corporate activists took his advice to heart and began building a powerful array of institutions designed to shift public attitudes and beliefs over the course of years and decades. The memo influenced or inspired the creation of the Heritage Foundation, the Manhattan Institute, the Cato Institute, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Accuracy in Academe, and other powerful organizations. Their long-term focus began paying off handsomely in the 1980s, in coordination with the Reagan Administrations hands-off business philosophy.
Most notable about these institutions was their focus on education, shifting values, and movement-building a focus we share, though often with sharply contrasting goals.* (See our endnote for more on this.)
So did Powells political views influence his judicial decisions? The evidence is mixed. [font color="red"]Powell did embrace expansion of corporate privilege and wrote the majority opinion in First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, a 1978 decision that effectively invented a First Amendment right for corporations to influence ballot questions.[/font color] On social issues, he was a moderate, whose votes often surprised his backers.
CONTINUED...
http://reclaimdemocracy.org/powell_memo_lewis/
This story continues through today. Ask anybody you like: "Have you heard of Judge Laurence Silberman?"
Odds are good they haven't. Here's why it matters (and what's missing from the Media Monopoly's "product":
Know your BFEE: Judge Laurence Silberman, Go-To Guy of the Military Industrial Complex [View all]
If you're not into "money trumps peace," that matters.
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Rigged race means Hillary takes more delegates in Bernie’s Wyoming win [View all]
RiverLover
Apr 2016
OP
Ties in raw numbers that effect the delegate count are decided by coin tosses here in Iowa.
stone space
Apr 2016
#11
I'm not talking about supers. Including supers is like including poll results.
stone space
Apr 2016
#56
Your welcome, I only learned of it myself a couple months ago and at first thought "no way"
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#149
I am going to book mark this thread, in order to remind me to work with you on this after the GE
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#151
That's because Bernie is not a corrupt power broker fueled by personal ambition and greed,
Maedhros
Apr 2016
#153
Of the more than 600 surrogate ballots received, 402 went in favor of Clinton and a mere 215 went to
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#16
Agreed. Ask your neighbors if they can get to the polls and if not get them an absentee ballot
Henhouse
Apr 2016
#9
And Hillary has spent her life in Arkansas, or is it Illinois? One never knows with her.
pangaia
Apr 2016
#61
And Hillary moved here solely for the purpose of running for the Senate seat . . .
markpkessinger
Apr 2016
#66
she did a very good job looking after her constituents, and made sure to spend
geek tragedy
Apr 2016
#75
Any SD who's an elected official that votes against their state's popular vote...
Lizzie Poppet
Apr 2016
#43
I get a Vermont newspaper even though I live in NH, and there have been some very
Vinca
Apr 2016
#49
If we're going to have races based on the popular vote, that's what should be counted.
Vinca
Apr 2016
#41
Oh, believe you me, I'll enjoy coming back here on the 9th to rub their noses in it.
Lizzie Poppet
Apr 2016
#40
This is the first election I have ever seen, after 37 yrs, where a 12 point victory was called a tie
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#25
I read an interesting article this am about the consequences of Lesser Evil voting
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#134
First of all, hello to my favorite river enthusiast and dragonfly lover! Second, great article
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#138
I assume like myself, you have seen several election cycles, since well before the internet age
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#136
I don't like caucuses, but it's what some states prefer. The rules were set long ago, so it's not
Hoyt
Apr 2016
#21
The fact that you carp about "the next level" shows how little Camp Sanders cares about democracy
Tarc
Apr 2016
#109
Did he know the party's rules when he decided to latch onto the Democratic Party
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#30
If Sanders does manage to get more pledged delegates than Clinton and still ends up
Marr
Apr 2016
#50
Even when people explain the facts, the CT theories persist. It is embarrassing.
bettyellen
Apr 2016
#95
BS. Its the other way around. ie SALON- "10 Ways the Dem Primary Has Been Rigged from the Start"
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#106
People were cool with the system 8 yrs ago, when it worked for Obama. I do not do hypocrisy.
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#96
And if Hillary wins this rigged process, they expect us to vote for her
BernieforPres2016
Apr 2016
#97
I know several states will have marijuana initiatives on their ballots.
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2016
#101
You keep telling yourself that. Most Bernie supporters here are lifelong Dems, like me.
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#102
She will lose the general and if not, our congress will grow even more horrid.
CentralCoaster
Apr 2016
#114
Indeed. We are learning fast aren't we?! Let's use our infusion of energy from this to tear the
haikugal
Apr 2016
#105
And DWS says the supers are to make sure there is no grassroots.........peoples vote do not count
bkkyosemite
Apr 2016
#127
Sanders cheerleaders like the rules when it allows them to get more delegates in Nevada
SFnomad
Apr 2016
#156