Crisis not 'big government" won Brown Massachusetts

[marzutraII]

That's right libs, keep your head in the sand and November will be great

[JixMa]

Wow, Tom Ferguson is awesome! I love it when he's interviewed! So informative. Thanks, TheRealNews.

[blackiron60]

Voters do stupid things when denied any real choice on the ballot.

[drgoodvibesxxx]

@rbiggz I consider myself a progressive and to me the demorates and Obama are doing a piss poor job. From hiring bankers to handle the bailout to folding on the public and option and other great parts of the original bill. They seem weak on every issue, and are using the bi-partisanship to sell out on many of the earlier promises. I am disgusted with them almost as why disgusted with bush.

[Diosukekun]

lol, that microphone he's talking into. wtf? XD

[WarDogLRS]

Brown is a Neo Con freak the people will never wake up to he truth, The voter is like a dog that returns to its vomit

[dkaiii]

holy fack move the mic back

[Craigipedia]

@dkaiii soooo, you don't like hearing every BREATH, EVERY BREATH? It makes me sort of happy

[mikepalomino]

Jeez, and here I thought the reason Scott Brown won was because Martha Coakley was just a terrible (TERRIBLE!) candidate. The Massachusetts Democratic party, in their arrogance, thought they could put a Space Chimp to run for Kennedy's seat and rested on their laurels.

The same thing happened here in New Jersey - Corzine assumed that Hudson County and Orange County were going to win him the election. He sat back overconfident in his success.

Now we're all paying the price.

[MrRightAllTime]

@mikepalomino

yes martha coakley was a wack job kinda like pitting palin against obama

[captcrais101]

@mikepalomino both this vide and what you said was true. Maybe if Mike Capuano was the democrat instead, Brown would have lost.

[iknownothingnow]

Agree with Mr. Ferguson. It is the economy - stupid.

Both parties are in the pocket of the banks. They do not care about the people - their voice is too weak. Whereas bank's voice is concentrated and they have the money.

Democrats will get pounded but do not be fooled into thinking the new person that sits in the swivel chair cares. Politicians are the definition of psychopaths.

Mr. Fergusons "Investment Theory of Politics" (on YT) is superior! HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend.

[stanjz]

corporations are the government and big government at that. that have to destroy the working class in America in order to be profitable as possible. they must automate and outsource as much as possible. big business is a thousand times more dangerous that any foreign terrorists. they deal in poison on almost every front: chemicals, pollutants, drugs, and toxic assets.

[dangerouslytalented]

@stanjz They have been working very very hard over the last 40 years to get rid of the government, through people like Reagan and the libertarians. Supply side economics was just the start. They want to "starve the beast" which basically means that they want to destroy all regulations so they can do whatever the fuck they want.

[synapsecracklepop]

he will be one of the shortest sitting senators in us history

[dangerouslytalented]

@synapsecracklepop How long does he have?

[synapsecracklepop]

@dangerouslytalented I don't know but they told me on the idiot box, a couple of years. That's wishful thinking. It is an interim, emergency election to fill in Kennedy's seat. He will fill out what remained of Kennedy's term... then have to be reelected. I consider it a slimy fact that he occupies that office. I liked, but did not revere his predecessor. But this guy? Gag me with a MFin' spoon.

[dangerouslytalented]

@synapsecracklepop Kennedy was not up for reelection in 08, he already had cancer... and they are elected for 6 year terms, so it can't be more than three or so years... By my calculation, I could be wrong...

[synapsecracklepop]

@dangerouslytalented Yup... 2012 - Maybe he'll get busted with an intern or page

He is a "sales type." The preachier they are, the sleazier their secrets.

[cajunsatan]

elgringorumbero hit it on the head. The American white middle class are obscenely apathetic and uneducated when it comes to politics. How can such a large group of people let propaganda and double talk trick them into voting for people who support issues that are diametrically opposed to their own best interest? I guess as long as there is a big SUV in the driveway, and football on the boob tube, all is right in the world.....

[danger0usknowledge]

A tidal wave of cash from Wall St under the radar for Brown. Why no talk

about Romney's health care? The one with the mandate. Of course this

is different b/c it's a state mandate, right Mittens?

[topthickproducer]

@elgringorumbero I agree with your premise; however advertising this fact makes the white working people more unwilling to educate themselves. Their low esteem personalities don't allow them to take rational criticism.

BE SMART, DON'T SUPPORT CORPORATE POLITICS!!!

[MarmaladeINFP]

@topthickproducer Point taken. Yes, advertising the fact might not be helpful, but I state the truth as I see it whether or not it does any good. I'd love it if the affluent white working class got hit hard enough that they started experience massive unemployment because then they'd start feeling sympathy for the poor. As long as the affluent white working class sides with the wealthy upper classes, there will never be a real working class populist movement that can impact politics.

[MarmaladeINFP]

@elgringorumbero According to Ferguson, it's not just white working class who voted Republican but affluent white working class. The poor are used to being poor. Job loss has less impact on them psychologically. But the affluent working class is used to having job security. The affluent working class votes for Brown who is funded by Wall Street. Oddly, the white working class has a history of siding with the rich.

[zayadnay]

his prediction at the end seemed very normal to me lol i was expecting the opposite after he used the word " ironic" haha i guess i'm just cynical after knowing about the truth for so many years now.. sad shit my friends, sad shit

[metalshredder]

Ferguson is an absolute genius, his Political Science work was one of the biggest influences on Chomsky's political theories and views. Great to finally see him on video!

[iknownothingnow]

@metalshredder Watch "Investment Theory of Politics" (on YT). He and others do a great job in explaining WHY a politician wins (hint: BIG money - he who has the GOLD).

[Pnkbong]

This is depressing! Wall Street Sucks!

[zayadnay]

@Pnkbong fuck wall street! in their ears lol

[bbburton]

Jay, you obviously didn't bother to connect the dots; it's precisely the connection between big gov and the loss of jobs and the mortgage fiasco that has everyone up in arms. Big gov is the problem.

[MarmaladeINFP]

@bbburton And Wall Street is just an innocent victim of the evil government?

[bbburton]

@MarmaladeINFP And who said Wall Street is innocent? And yes, big government is evil. The two are not mutually exclusive. The SEC could have, and should have, prevented the fraud the too-big-to-fail banks perpetrated when the derivatives first hit the market. Just another example of big gov failure. You fail to realize that those people who are against big gov are not necessarily for big banks. You raise nothing but a false flag.

[MarmaladeINFP]

@bbburton Yes, the purpose of the police is to protect us, but the police can't stop all crime. You shouldn't blame the police because they weren't nearby when you were being raped. You should blame the rapist. It would be different if a police officer was holding you down while you were raped. Is that your argument? Did govt hold down the American public while the big banks screwed all of us? Is it that you think govt didn't simply fail out of inaction but actively helped the banks fail?

[MarmaladeINFP]

@bbburton I agree big business & big govt aren't mutally exclusive. The problem is that the Tea Party is protesting big govt, but conveniently not protesting big business. Considering that some of the Tea Party organizations are funded & promoted by corporations, my suspicion is that it's no accident that the Tea Party doesn't protest big business. When I see the Tea Party protesting on Wall Street, I'll consider them a legitimate protest movment.

[Pali701]

Havent seen that anyone use that mic in years

[kjpdqpb]

GET A MIC SHIELD. It keeps the bursts of air from your lips from being prominent and lets your words come through better.

[ezze902]

Nice Microphone.

[lilhotboy247]

It's like watching a Kung Fu movie . . . LoL

[navtel]

vote against the bastards that have caused this and are doing nothing to correct it now. big bank bonuses have a lot to do with the distaste many have.. don't vote, it appears it does no good. those who get elected become corrupted by the system. vote the incumbents out if anything.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

@navtel Agreed it's better -and often the only option available- to vote AGAINST the worst ones -voting FOR someone is a rare luxury. Poor voter participation in the US, where at best half the population votes, must be one of the main factors ensuring only the criminals systematically get elected.

[nadoop]

Brown is a cuter, paler version of Obama - another smooth talking, bankster-backed thug. The American sheeple should stop back and forth like idiots.

[dangerouslytalented]

@nadoop The entire fucking congress with a few exemptions, are smooth talking, bankster backed thugs. Both houses.