Obama:GOP Enabling Corporate Takeover Of US Democracy

[jerheck]

Why don't they just scroll the teleprompter text on the video? Then I wouldn't have to watch Obama's eyes flick back and forth as he tries to breath some life into someone else's text, and I could probably get through the message without laughing. I don't know how people can think this guys not a robo-puppet president. Probably cause he plays ball and throws back a few beers..

[eastariel]

Obomba is the "can't" in republican't and "crap" in democrap. He's the worst of both parties.

Vote for Ron Paul!

I'm not a republican't or a democrap. I'm a member of the One Nation Peace Party.

We need to get a leash on those monster corporations before they gobble up America like a box of candy.

So if Ron Paul wins, the citizens can go to work ourselves on limiting those corporations -- and strengthening America's royalty, our small businesses.

[btwall60]

Dear Mr. President: Hello Sir, I have never, ever seen a human being so arrogant as you. Always using the word's "comment sense" and 'being an "adult" you show how you look down on us folks. Transparency? You, Sir are out of ur gourd. You are quoting T.R.? You couldn't hold his stick. 33 Czars, accepting a "transparency" award in secret. Keeping our oil industry from DRILLING. You are killing us all a little bit each day, and you know it. Go buy a new mirror.

[JTHELSTROM]

A group can hide behind a phony name like AFL-CIO, Congressional Black Caucus, NOW, Planned Parenthood, MoveOn.org, Socialist, Liberal, or (drum roll please) Barack Hussein Obama.

[Abnihilius]

@JTHELSTROM Are you implying that the AFL-CIO is not really the AFL-CIO? Are you implying that Planned Parenthood... ugh, screw this... All I want to say is that you are full of shit and probably don't know what the AFL-CIO is.

That is all.

[VegasPatriot1]

liar

[ObamaChronicles]

More lies from this moron.

[ibelucky1]

The corporations get rich on war , they get rich on wages slaves , they are creating there own world right under are noses...we are just pawns in a society driven by large corportions...as long as we keep feeding them they will continue to grow and larger the beast the more food it must consume.Take a look at what you buy everthing has been provided by the corporation , take a look in your house ? Your car ? Your food ? Medical Insurance ? They are coming people , they will own you like a dog.

[CorporateRule]

We love Obama, he's making us RICH!!

[returnoftheramble3]

This is why we need some transparency. See, tomorrow they're going to try to shoot me up with invega when I've had a lobotomy... My demons are gone. My cognitive problems remain. 7 of 9 is not happy. I know there's someone in the world who can fix this...

[returnoftheramble3]

I want a cucumber and some ranch dressing.

[returnoftheramble3]

do you want to fix me instead of breaking me?

[returnoftheramble3]

I plead allegiance to my company for which it stands under the law of my territory and tongue.

[returnoftheramble3]

I hate you because you're weak. Slaughter :( They just make life too confusing because I can only serve so many directions at once. Let me go to Russia and have shack with garden and brain. Life is a trail of tears, so?

[FutureKam]

To the person(s) who watched this clip & present with the idea of the president being against free speech: "My only suggestion is to watch it again, only this time try to open your mind & view it objectively. Are you able to set aside your self-motivated way of thinking for 5 minutes ?? How did you make the giant leap from transparency to censorship?? * Bottom-line: "These legislators are hiding something or controversy would never have ensued in the first place..it's pretty black & white!!"

[Samael51760]

The corporations have always been our masters and rulers since the beginning of the industrial revolution.

[makemap]

@Samael51760 And sending us into stupid wars. Just to expand their interest. Consume and Capture. Run to America it's free, not...If you see the Educational system now a days. Uni and College needs Ad's now.

[Samael51760]

@makemap Unfortunate, but all too true.

[bythetracks]

Obama mows the grassroots. Mom & Pops, small businesses, nonprofits incorporate to protect against personal liability. The state wants censorship, to make you and your neighbor funding an ad illegal. The power of the people rests in associating: he is the power of the state. Who loves censorship? Book banning? Fear of arrest? Who stirs discontent? Tyrants. Corporate participation is no problem in state elections. Obama fears free speech. Hear Sep09 orals w/ SupremeCt for facts via the net.

[bythetracks]

Obama mows the grass roots; he's afraid of you and your neighbor paying for a newspaper ad. The power of the people rests in associate; he represents power for the state. Mom & Pops, non-profits, small businesses are "corporations" (96%) because incorporating protects from personal liability suits. Listen to Supreme Court Sept 2009 oral arguments via the net. Corporations participate in state elections, no problem. Who loves censorship? Book banning? Creates fear of arrest? The state.

[fumiohuang]

Republicans are really on coporations' side

[Denon3333]

@fumiohuang Uh, you know the Fed right? The key word is inflation. That is what both sides gave USA: Inflation. Oh and a phoney economy.

[tstfortruth]

I happen to agree with the president on this issue, though I differ with him on several others.

[recompa2]

Why can't Obama release his original Birth Certificate?? The real, original, hospital generated Birth Certificate has information on it, like the name of the doctor and the hospital where he was born. JUST RELEASE IT! In the spirit of the most transparent administration ever, JUST RELEASE THE REAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE. Why not? TAQIYYA?

[ismeme]

Enabling? He's a bit late to the game. The corporate takeover of our democracy is all over but the shouting...which will occur when Americans wake up to how they've been double-crossed by both parties over the last 20 years.

[cstrosser]

This should be a bipartisan issue, and honestly I'm not sure there are any good arguments against this proposal. We *need* this bill to protect the rights of individuals, which are being usurped by corporate and foreign entities flooding candidates with millions of dollars. We need transparency.

[Vigormaster]

@cstrosser I agree! Why would any honest person be against this idea?

[Denon3333]

@Vigormaster Because some run companies listed as corporations, therefore they're not entitled to free speech.

[bobdigital21]

If anyone is against this i want to see their reasoning in detail.

Once presented no matter how pretty it is dressed up it can be easily exposed as a horrible idea. Also do not talk to me about "unions" when comparing the two. Corporations and Unions are two completely different animals.

[TheFunnyQQ]

he is right...no matter how you feel about the President...the issue is Corporate influence of our elections...i know some will answer with unions influence...the only influence should be voter influence...this should be a no brainer but somehow folks are not able to get passed their ideological differences to protect our elections...remember the XYZ Affair? ...again...he is sooo right on this issue...i may disagree on some things and even many that he surrounds himself with but right is right.

[nofxmike06]

people taking responsibility in politics? thats a waste of breath. The CFR and world bankers already own the USG.

[MrOverdoser]

0:50 ..."We don't know if it's BP, we don't know if it's a Big Insurance company, or a Wall street Bank."

He means his biggest contributors- LOL- but he forgot to throw Big Tobacco under the bus too. Obama =The smokin' puppet!

[fatferocracker]

name another politician in the world that has as much integrity as mr obama. noone in ireland where im from. thing is the americans dont know how high obamas uphill growth can go, it goes beyond the average persons notion of it. 

[Moshm4n]

@fatferocracker If Obama is integrity, then the devil is as God.

[llib90630]

replace "big corporations" with "big unions" and you get what we have today

[Mahoivlich]

So says the man who filled his cabinet with wall street insiders......

[toosinbeymen]

Fine, I agree. Rs are no good rotten dudes. But you all are not doing enough to marginalize them!! Instead you cave into them. WTF???!!!

[Dethred1]

Republican Lite is attacking a supreme court decision that he would love, if only the democrats had more corporate sponsors.

[ffirb]

Thats what the Republican party stands for and always has stood for! Corporations and greed!

[FriedDaisy]

Regardless if you like and/or suppport Obama-- or not-- what he is saying is true. The corporate infiltration into our government (not unlike a hostile take over in business dealings) is a bigger crisis than any natural or man-made disaster; and bigger than any real or imagined invasion from Mexico because corporations are bent on evolving their system of cannibalistic capitalism, and they're hungry for what's left of our wealth, productivity & resources. That's what privitization is all about.

[FriedDaisy]

2. Further, if corporations gain complete control-- privatizing everything from our police force and military to our public utilities and highways-- they'll make damn sure there'll be ZERO liability and legal action against such companies whose negligence causes disasters like the Gulf oil spill. We'll be required to purchase subscriptions & pay tolls just to drive on our nation's highways. Under a system of absolute capitalism we'll pay a fee (tax) just to breath or get a drink of clean water.

[911truthncDotOrg]

Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me!

[NiScontex]

lol

[theelbowfromthesky]

What kind of person wouldn't agree with the president on this? Put them on display.

[FutureKam]

@theelbowfromthesky I agree!! Its sickening to think that the idea for transparency ever created conflict to begin with. Suggesting that Obama is "mowing the grass roots" through extreme censorship of the American people is well..... comical to say the least!! Yet another over-exaggerated Republican statement (falsifying concern for "mom & pop", small bus, nonprofit org: really, who are you kidding?) fueled (as usual) by underlying personal greed.

[RafaeINadal]

I spoke first! Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh...