Gary Hart: America’s Founding Principles Are in Danger of Corruption

TIME ^ | June 26, 2015 | By Gary Hart

[PermaRag]

That went out the window Friday with the heavy lobbying by Big Gay.

A better name for it is "Organized Faggotry". King of like "Organized Labor" (and just as damaging to America) but more disgusting.

[stevem]

And to think that this would come from Gary Hart....

...may be the most amazing part of the piece.

[a fool in paradise]

Organized Labor is connected to Organized Crime.

Come to think of it, the Stonewall riots were a 3 day hissfit over police closure of an illegal mob run speakeasy.

[hoosierham]

Hubert Humphrey would be a right-wing radical to today’s Demoncrats.

[a fool in paradise]

There was no outrage from the Left when Barack Obama was campaigning around the world in 2008 raising millions of dollars from foreign interests (not merely overseas Americans).

[ZULU]

Gay market

[a fool in paradise]

2% of the public doesn’t have enough resources to make up for the lost revenue.

[bigbob]

Geez, when even Gary Hart gets it...

[hadaclueonce]

Even Gary wants to play Mr. Obvious.

[ZULU]

Yes but that 2% and those who sympathize with them constitute a greater impact on and control of corporate policy decisions.

[elcid1970]

“Fairy tales can come true, they can happen to you,
“If you’re Gary Hart.

“Donna Rice may be nice, like sugar and spice,
“If you’re Gary Hart.

“You can kick in the tush a Gephardt or Bush,
“And the polls say you’re good for one last big push,

“But here is the best part, you’ve got a head start,
“If you are the one and only Gary Hart.

From 1987. Even stranger than Monkey Business was Sen. Hart receiving a direct appointment to the rank of Lt. Cdr. in the Naval Reserve, with no prior military service. The year was 1979 and Jimmah Carter was desperate to gain allies in the Senate, so he directed his SecyNavy to give Hart a commission.

[Political Junkie Too]

What brought us to this? A sinister system combining staggering campaign costs... Campaign funds now go to feed an army of consultants (or “strategists” in the coinage of the day), media advisors, media producers, television-time buyers, speechwriters, schedulers, advance specialists, crowd raisers, and more specialized campaign bells and whistles than everyday citizens can imagine. Campaigning is a major industry now that consumes hundreds of millions of dollars and, in national campaigns, billions of dollars. Almost all of it goes to the media, the same media whose commentators regularly deplore the costs of campaigns.

Repeal the 17th amendment and end Senate elections. Senate elections are 33 expensive elections that occur every two years.

-PJ

[PghBaldy]

Liberals hate lobbyists because they often represent the opposition.

[ForYourChildren]

We have to STOP with all this weak-kneed equivocating language.

Gary Hart: America’s Founding Principles Are in Danger of Corruption

How about "has been corrupted"!! All this "we are crossing the line", "maybe getting closer", etc., just obscures the fact that we are well over the line, and this will cause many to become complacent believing that the line has not been crossed. We need to plan and act accordingly.

[tumblindice]

Yeah, Gary and Donna were caught in the act:

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

They are corrupt but not for the reasons he states. CFR was a blot, not a help. Hart would probably like tax funded campaigns where the government controlled everything. Try and get rid of ANYONE under those circumstances. Unless the elite wanted them gone, they would be fixtures.

For the current situation I would lay the blame at the media that has long laid down and taken sides. They are political activists and the stuff Hart talks about is more about countering their free ride than it is about being its own corruption. It is a symptom, not a cause.

[Brad from Tennessee]

[For the current situation I would lay the blame at the media that has long laid down and taken sides. They are political activists and the stuff Hart talks about is more about countering their free ride than it is about being its own corruption. It is a symptom, not a cause.]

Good analysis.

[JayAr36]

There is little to be expected from the “DISTRICT OF CORRUPTION” as in Washington, DC. Populated with low life, venal, useless so-called representatives of the people. We elect them to do something for America and we end up with them doing it to America.

[Calpublican]

Holds a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford. Has been a professor at the University of Colorado. Is a lawyer. Has served on a number of government commissions in recent years.

[Vaquero]

Monkey Business