tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post4220009967393456417..comments2024-02-26T21:31:18.490-05:00Comments on The Wrong Monkey: 2012 Presidential Election ForecastSteven Bollingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-86502147125529454742012-06-30T12:40:53.758-04:002012-06-30T12:40:53.758-04:00Jake Barnett is still a child, the guy I was think...Jake Barnett is still a child, the guy I was thinking of is in his 20's or older, and if I remember correctly he may be a professor at some place like Oxford or Cambridge.<br /><br />Corporate money buying elections and other political considerations in the US is not new. Look into things like the Grant administration, the Teapot Dome scandal, the "gilded age," Carnegie, Rockefeller, etc, etc, etc. And it wasn't new back then, either.Steven Bollingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215202747829300924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385543751878406713.post-20536442710331609752012-06-30T10:33:40.431-04:002012-06-30T10:33:40.431-04:00From jay...
Was his name Jake Barnett? That's...From jay...<br /><br />Was his name Jake Barnett? That's from Googling Kroft interviews.<br /><br />While I tend to agree with your election prediction, the media seems to stress things like approval polls, and economic factors. Of Course, the media wants a fascinating horse race, so they will do anything to create "drama". They ignore the stream of lies from Romney, since otherwise he would be dead meat if they exposed him.<br /><br />The corporate money being spent, especially for Congressional elections, is an outrage. The oligarchy is taking over the nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com