Joe W.
http://free.freespeech.org/americanstateterrorism/plutocracy/MarketElections.html
Market Elections: How “Democracy” Serves the Rich
by Vince Copeland
World View Forum; ISBN 0-89567-134-4
> From leftbooks.com:
Every four years, big money chooses the presidential candidates. Their war
chests filled to the brim, they are then packaged by the media as "the
people's choice."
It's U.S.-style "democracy" — of the rich, by the rich and for the rich.
But how do these chosen politicians win the votes of the millions as well as
the millionaires?
In this fascinating tour through the history of U.S. presidential elections,
Vince Copeland explains the devious art of capitalist politics. And he shows
how mass movements can upset even the best-laid plans of the "king-makers."
Who has been excluded from voting? How were electoral politics used to
betray Black freedom after the Civil War? How did two Roosevelts wield
reform at home to facilitate empire-building abroad? Why did no 'normal'
elections take place between 1960 and 1976? Market Elections takes us into
smoke filled rooms and raucous conventions to tell the story.
>From: "Chip Berlet" <cberlet at igc.org>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
>Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Re: recall, camejo vote
>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:21:44 -0400
>
>Hi,
>
>According to the linked story, from a usually unreliable source:
>
>"The corporations and the military industrial complex have bought them
>selves a government and they aren't going to let some silly little
>presidential election jeopardize their investment."
>
>Too much late night watching of Oliver Stone movies. The issue of flawed
>election vote tabulation is real. This conspiracist regurgitation of what
>is a staple in right-wing conspiracy sources is of little use in organizing
>against vote fraud.
>
>Chip Berlet
>agent of the lizard space aliens
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Wanzala [mailto:jwanzala at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tue 10/14/2003 1:10 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Re: recall, camejo vote
>
>
>
>
> "The Republicans have gotten really good at celebrity politics" -
>apparently
> they are also becoming more adept at vote rigging:
>
> The 2004 Election Has Already Been Rigged
> >
> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00131.htm
>
>
> >From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
> >Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> >To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> >Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Re: recall, camejo vote
> >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:42:18 -0400
> >
> >fs:
> > > "...why did Camejo and Huffington fall so flat?"
> > >
> >
> >That's easy. How many Californians, or for that matter US-ers, would
> >want to watch a movie featuring Camejo?
> >
> >The Republicans have gotten really good at celebrity politics - by using
> >the right mix of celebrity and populism, they can make the American
> >sheeple do any trick they want. I am pretty certain they will retain
> >their control of the presidency and both houses in 2004.
> >
> >Wojtek
> >
> >
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