Can a good campaign with alternative means of communication, clever advertisements, and just a strong argument in general, beat the kind of big money coming into the elections in a post-Citizens United v. FEC world?
Did Grayson lose because of the record amounts of money spent against him, or because he Breitbarted his opponent?
Take Back Talking Points episode 14 part 3
featuring Brendon (Funkalunatic)
http://www.youtube.com/user/funkalunatic
TBTP Blog, where you can view the full episode:
http://tbtp.wordpress.com
Full Episode Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6420B22A308A2D40
Audio Podcast:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/i81pwz
Without campaign finance reform, progressives or the left in general, does not stand a chance. Our media is controlled by corporations who seek profit, and profit alone, at any cost. It will take massive power outages and a continued decline in living standards, as far as the basics go, for people to revolt. We are nowhere near this threshold at this point...but it will eventually happen. The American people are stuck in a perpetual propaganda mill + will eventually welcome fascism.
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