Reply #138: Not one penny indeed! [View All]

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Sabrina 1 points out that "... it is important for us to make sure that all donations go directly to candidates who will represent our interests."

Yet how do we make sure they DO represent us?

If I may, suggest a different tack altogether, a sort of strategy to take back America.

Would it be possible for a candidate to run for elected office WITHOUT taking money the way traditional pols do, which amounts to hundreds of thousands if not millions? I would certainly support those that take a complete detour from newspaper and any print ads, tv, and radio ads where a lot of this money is spent. The more important point however, is that the ruling class will throw financial support behind their chosen candidate, and perhaps that is the candidate to avoid altogether.

And how do the working class candidates get their message across? A boatload of cash would not be needed if the "internetz" were used to reach the masses. This must be mated to a door-to-door campaign, where your middle class neighbors, people with whom we share common interests, stand alongside a candidate and can VOUCH for their character. The "irrelevant" Netroots (cough), can play a vital role by organizing the local and national programs that will support these candidates, creating the Peoples' equivalent of the DLC or the RNC. (Any wonder why control of the internet is such a hot button? This is it!)

This idea is a work-in-progress, with the goal of finding people that represent our interests and filtering out the impact of corporatism. Until the internet is shut down and the law of the land no longer allows us to choose our representatives, this may be the only foothold we have in fighting this system corrupted by money. WE, the people, pick our candidates even before the primaries, not allowing the DLC or the DNCC to lay out the choices for us.

Happy New Year, Zephyr!