My In-Depth Analysis of Why Campaign Cash Must be Taken Out of the Hands of these Filthy Politicians
You must accept it as a given that some politicians do take money from corporations with the sole intent of returning this favor with favorable votes to that corporation. This is easily proved with the recent convictions and /or guilty pleas of Duke Cunningham, William Jefferson, Monica Conyers, and so many others. In my opinion, I don't think some politicians take corporate cash in return for future favorable votes—I firmly believe that the vast majority of them do. I want to make that clear. I think Washington and its flood of lobbyists, politicians, and corporate cash is the biggest, most corrupt cesspool the planet has ever known. As a pure hypothetical example, are you strong enough to take $25,000 from American Airlines and then cast a vote against them? In this example, let’s suppose it's you that has the vote, and the vote calls for a contract to go to either American Airlines or Delta for troop transportation. Both are equally great airlines, but clearly Delta's rates are cheaper. You already got the $25,000 from American and now you’re getting your “winks” at voting time from the other pigs that also took money from American Airlines. In this example, of course you vote for American's proposal—after all, so what if it's only an extra $50 million more over the life of the contract? It's not your money. You’re darn right it's not. It's the taxpayers money, and these filthy politicians couldn't care less about your money. Please understand this example, as in my opinion it happens on virtually every vote in congress. The deal that hurts the taxpayers the most gets approved, the politicians get campaign cash, American Airlines, in this example, has donated a large sum of money to politicians, and they are rewarded with an inflated contract. In this example, American Airlines might get back 50 times extra profit over what they shelled out to the Washington pigs. Who loses? You and I, the taxpaying fools. If you are generous enough to elect me, I promise I will be the only politician in Washington who is not tempted because I won't allow myself to be bought and sold like a cheap wh___.
I keep going back to this despicable HR 1424 (the Bailout Bill) that Kay Granger voted for. This and the Obama stimulus fraud are the biggest rip-offs in our history. It is a fact that Granger took money from firms that directly benefited from this bill, such as Morgan Stanley, and other related entities, such as the American Bankers Association. She is not alone. I wonder—if this insane money was out of the process, would this bill have had a chance? The answer is a clear no, and the taxpayers wouldn't be getting robbed again. No sane person could have rewarded these Wall Street pigs with your tax dollars after seeing their track record of going broke due to investments in subprime loans. You and I subsidized this insanity. This must stop now. Understand that I am not opposed to taking campaign funds from entities that are philosophically based and not profit based. For example, let’s take a person like me, who makes it very clear to their voters that they oppose abortion. Now, let’s suppose an anti-abortion group donates money to somebody like me. I don't find fault in that, as this group is in complete step with my views that I have stated to my district. Most importantly, if a group like this prevails (and I hope they do) they stand to not gain one dime in the process. Compare that to the corporations that rake in millions of dollars as a direct result of government contracts being awarded to them. Take it a step further. Let’s say a politician like me declares himself to be pro energy of all kinds, from oil, coal, nuclear—anything that has a proven track record. I have no problem even trying wind and solar that don't have a good track record yet, in hopes of improving them. I favor anything to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. Now, let’s suppose a pro oil and gas drilling action committee wants to donate to someone like me. I wouldn't have a problem in that, again, it is consistent with the beliefs I have stated to my potential constituents. Now, let’s suppose that congress appropriates monies for massive oil and gas drilling but the lead contractor has come down to either Chevron or Exxon. As a matter of principle, I will never take money from the private corporations, so I will not be beholden to either Chevron or Exxon. I'm beholden to the taxpayers, and the taxpayers only. I would vote for Chevron’s or Exxon’s proposal solely on the basis of which company benefits the taxpayer the most. Please understand that under our current system of corporate cash, the politicians are beholden to their corporate donors, and not the people the way our Founding Fathers intended. The catastrophic results are everywhere. The best idea and proposal doesn't get funded. Politicians are now more loyal to their donors than the nation and the taxpayer. And worst of all, this has weakened us to the extreme point that we now are running Obama deficits in the $10 trillion dollar level. It's unsustainable, and in my opinion, America will end up defaulting on debt, resulting in our having being weakened to the point by the corrupt politicians that we will be ripe and vulnerable to those that seek our destruction. It can't happen, I hear you say? This is exactly how Cuba transformed under Castro from a prosperous nation with free speech and capitalist wealth, to a repressive, state-run, media-controlled Marxist regime, complete with the mass graves of those who tried to exercise their right of free speech. Is this what you want? It's not what I want, and it's what I will fight to the death to prevent. Please see my section on Obama's czars, and you tell me if you can see what they want. Marxism and Socialism, out of their own mouths. Very chilling. Please help me stop this.
I think you can clearly see my point of how destructive campaign cash is to our system of politics. Now, let’s look at some specific examples of exactly what I'm talking about. In my book, anyone who took campaign funds from these Wall Street robber barons and then voted for HR 1424, "bailing them out" with your money and mine, is not suitable to represent us in Washington. That being said, some of these swine really stand out and need to be recognized. Senator Chris Dodd ( D-CT) is one of the most powerful people in the senate. He is supposed to "regulate" these banks as he is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. So, what does he do? He takes an off-the-wall amount of $133,900 total from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae is featured in my book, as they are the outfit that gave your tax dollars (in the form of loan guarantees) to people who never would have qualified for a loan from a normal capitalist bank. They also were convicted of “cooking” their books. What a surprise. The corruption is lengthy and documented in my book, and it all goes back to politicians. Please feel free to read my book—it is linked in its entirety on the homepage. On the House side, Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) chairs a similar committee. He got a mere $65,500 compared to what Dodd got. Most repulsive of them all is Barney Frank (D-MA). This “thing” sits as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. In early February, 2009, he chaired a hearing designed to "find out" what’s going on with the banks that the government so generously bailed out with your money. Out of the eight financial institutions that sat before Barney Frank, he failed to mention the fact that he received $63,250 in campaign cash in total from all eight of them. Others on the committee even got more than that. To my utter shock, seven out of these eight CEOs on the "hot seat" (I should have said “love cushion”) also gave personal money to members of congress. Oh, and by the way, strictly by coincidence Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad (another typical Democrat) had their mortgages written and serviced by Countrywide. They were under a program called "Friends of Angelo," referring to its chairman, Angelo Mazzillo. It makes me laugh, as I have a mortgage and I pay the regular rates. These two pigs pay way less than everyone else. Now get this: They both claimed they “had no idea” they were getting special treatment. You believe them, right? I could go on and on. But I can't close without this guilty plea that, as usual, got no press because it concerned a Democrat. Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) and his wife Monica are both elected officials. Monica recently pled guilty to accepting bribes from a Texas firm, Synagpro Technologies, out of Houston. Do you expect me to believe that the ultra powerful John Conyers had "no idea" his wife was taking these bribes? This is total insanity that must be stopped while we still have time. Kay Granger is clearly part of the problem. Thank God that virtually every other Texas Republican said no to this HR1424 scam and voted against it. They include Congressmen Hall, Barton, Burgess, Hensarling, Paul, Johnson, McCaul, Poe, Gohmert, Johnson, Culberson, Thornberry, and Smith. Granger chose to vote with Barrack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Barney Frank, instead of standing strong with Texas Republicans and, most importantly, our citizenry. It's time for Mrs. Granger to either retire, get voted out, or at least become honest and change her party affiliation to that of Democrat.
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