If I were a CORPORATION, here's how I'd spend my money (hint: it's been done)

[diva77]

in order to attain maximum influence:

I'd make sure to heavily subsidize candidates for Secretary of State elections in states with large numbers of Electoral College votes (Ohio, FL, CA, etc.)

I would also heavily subsidize County Clerk/ Registrar of Voter elections in heavily populated counties. I'd make sure the people installed in those elections go on to appoint people that I approve of. I'd also buy up as many shares as possible of ES&S, Premier (aka Diebold), Hart Intercivic, Sequoia -- the corporations that run our "elections" ...

I'd work on destroying organizations in the spirit of ACORN that increase voter registration for people that I don't want voting

I'd buy up as many shares as possible in companies involved in voter registration -- such as Diebold, Choicepoint. I'd make sure that they find a way to scrub names of people I don't want on the registration rolls

On election day, I'd deploy machines where I want them, and underdeploy machines where I don't want them

I'd screw up ballot stock and software and hardware to create more under and overvoting wherever I want

I'd pay for pollsters to conduct polls and achieve results in favor of my candidate no matter how unpopular

I'd make sure to own enough shares of major media companies so that no one would say anything about what I've done

I'd do a lot more...but you get the idea...

[Lost4words]

1. been there, done that / rather witnessed that

but hey most seem ok with it, so who am I to buck popular opinion.

[bertman]

2. Thanks for the reminder, diva77. Now I'm all bummed out again. I had forgotten about

this.

Rec.

[diva77]

5. sorry to bum you out, Bertman! I believe we have to keep connecting the dots

with the way our non-transparent,privatized corporate-run elections have been usurped already to all that is happening with politics these days

[bertman]

6. It's okay. I'm reading "Family of Secrets" so I'm up to my ears in how corporate America

controls our government.

You're right that we all need to know these things so hopefully we will do something to change it.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Ignore the House and concentrate on the Senate members.

Only have to deal with less than 60 members vs. 217 in the House

You really don't need to worry about the Presidential election. But it is a bonus if you have the Senate in your pocket.

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4. if I were a corporation, i would spend my money on goodness. not badness...