US Midterm Election: Battle of the Billionaires

The ballots have been cast, the polls have closed and the Republicans have retaken the House. But the 2010 Midterm Elections were the most expensive in history, and the money isn't going anywhere. On the right, billionaire David Koch and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation fuel the Tea Party. And on the left, General ElectricViacom gave President Barack Obama a commercial-free, hour-long town hall across its networks. And while Republicans and Democrats come and go in Congress, Wall Street's interests are just too big to lose.

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[Carnuss]

RT = Smart News + Hawt Reporters

[ThePoliticalPugilist]

the real tea party, the original tea party is behind ron paul. the astro-turfers are behind sarah palin, glenn beck, and sean hannity.

[IcyScythe]

I like this but I'm automatically a bit skeptical because isn't RT owned by the Russian gov? Surely've got an agenda too just as much as MSNBC and Fox.

[IcyScythe]

i love the number of "Tea Party Patriots" dressed up in American flags... lol... Guess they dont realize that's officially a "defiling" of the flag

[noddygod]

I guess we are truly a plutocracy now.

[TheArjan1982]

every piece with Webster Tarpley is a good piece

[Khal03]

The Missile deal in Cali, apparently has some strange NAZI implications. You can follow along while every imaginable opinion has been put forth and some very damaging evidence against US GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. We thought this was gonna die, fast. It looks like the world is a little bit shaken up by what is being revealed and it simply isn't on TV so most don't know.

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watch?v=7AMdHBgHtNE

[IcedEarth426]

This is a very good piece by Russia Today.

[aztecadog]

the biggest problem the ultra rich had was democracy, one person one vote, so they set out to change that to one dollar one vote, and theyve pulled it off-

now the banksters, big corporations and investors (another word for lazy do nothings whove inherited thier wealth) are celebrating taking there country back-

get ready for the sequel to the great recession- great work america!