Is both political parties/sides (Republican/Democrat) being corrupt a far right talking point?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[goaded]

Yes, it's an attempt to make believe it's anything like 50-50.

It's the one case where the right allow for anything other that 100% one way or another. e. g. "Masks don't provide 100% protection, so they're 100% useless".

No Democratic president has ever tried to illegally steal the presidency with the help of their members of congress, let alone sent a violent armed mob to the Capitol to stop the rightful election of a president.

[Oigit]

It has been for generations. It's the entire reason why campaign financing records have never been public and likely never will be. It's also the reason why many officials on both sides retire from office, only to take jobs on wall street.

[joeldalton]

so now the truth is a ‘far right talking point’. I guess in a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

[Asker]

Apparently. Someone's response when I said both sides are corrupt "Yeah, that both sides nonsense is probably the far right's most used" Just because most people on both sides refuse to see their side is just as corrupt as the other, doesn't mean it's not true. Both sides have their supporters believing the other side is corrupt and theirs isn't.

[joeldalton]

They’re fools.

[OddBeMe]

No. Money corrupts and Citizens United gave us unlimited political money for candidates. Thanks Repubs!

[Asker]

And thanks Democrats for not overturning citizens united.

[goaded]

How would they overturn it? Would there be any support from Republicans?

Actually, there might have been a tiny amout. This is what happened the day after Biden was inaugurated as president:

"WASHINGTON, D. C. — U. S. Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and John Katko (R-N. Y.) today reintroduced a bipartisan constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics and restore democratic power to the American people.

The Democracy for All Amendment (H. J. Res. 1) affirms the right of states and the federal government to pass laws that regulate spending in elections, reversing the concentration of political influence held by the wealthiest Americans and large corporations capable of spending billions of dollars in our elections. This legislation comes on the 11th anniversary of the U. S. Supreme Court’s disastrous ruling in the Citizens United case, which gave corporations and America’s wealthiest individuals the ability to corrupt our elections and undermine our democracy.

Cosponsors include Reps. Nanette Barragan (D-Calif.), Joy Beatty (D-Ohio.), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), Val Demings (D-Fla.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Chris Pappas (D-N. H.), Dean Phillips (D-Minne), Chellie Pingree (D-Maine.) and Norma Torres (D-Calif.)"

[OddBeMe]

@goaded So many (D)’s and no (R)’s….

[goaded]

Be fair. 180 D's and 1 R (from New York).

[OddBeMe]

@goaded that means it’s bipartisan!

[goaded]

And therefore 50-50!

[BeMuse]

You'll never know... That's a consequence of censorship, you intelligence and have no clue what is going on.

[BeMuse]

*you lose

[SoIcyGang]

Both sides are anti liberty in my opinion. And that's not good.

[DarkWinterNights]

Absolutely not. It’s basic common sense. There are examples of corruption literally every day from both parties.

[TroyDT2]

I'm a libertarian and I think 99% of politicians are charlatans.

[SoIcyGang]

I'm not a libertarian per se but I'm a free market guy and I agree with you 100%

I expect what I see from the left.

But I am constantly angry about conservatives. I wish they would drop the religious bullshit and become more like libertarians.

[jshm2]

No. It's a baseless assertion not worth talking about.

[normalice]

Any time someone tries to equate the party that tried to stage a coup to the party that didn't, it exclusively helps the party that tried to stage a coup.

[Asker]

The coupe is no different then the BLM riots that caused billions in damages. Or does the BLM riots don't count since it was your side was responsible. It's a shame their are people on both side like you that blindly believe what their told to believe.

[goaded]

No Democratic leader encouraged anything but peaceful protest. Trump knew his supporters were avoiding coming into the Ellipse because they were armed before he sent them at the Capitol.

[normalice]

If the left was as violent as the right, Rush Limbaugh would have been dragged out of his house and butchered 30 years ago. Tucker, Hannity, Ingraham, Shapiro, Rogan, Gingrich, Jones.. all the far right liars that push the right into being the cesspool of hate that it is, all of their lives would be in danger instead of them enjoying the high life of safety and luxury. Your both sides nonsense only helps cover for the far right extremists that regularly shoot up black churches, massage parlors, schools, etc because of some vague far right narrative about propert damage by black people, who you expect us to assume are left wing.

[anylolone]

It's just basic centrist common sense.

[Dargil]

Its a fact.