| |
|
Thom's blog
Can Organized People Defeat Organized Money?
For those who still don’t think Citizens United is having a profound effect on our democracy – consider this: 78% of the $465 million in outside spending so far this election was only made possible by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
According to a new report by the Sunlight Foundation – SuperPACs have dished out $272 million so far on this year’s election – and trade organization and non-profits, which according to Citizens United don’t have to disclose their donors, have spent another $93 million so far. The consequences of this surge in outside spending are a lot more negative ads. More than 75% of the outside spending this election has been used for negative ads – with a lot more negative ads targeting President Obama than Mitt Romney.
As a Republicans know best, negative ads suppress voter turnout, this giving Republicans a better shot at winning. We’re a month-and-a-half away from the most expensive election in this nation’s history, and the ultimate test of whether organized people can defeat organized money.
-Thom
(What do you think the Republicans are succeeding? Tell us here.) |
|
Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Right wingers push fearing fear again... (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Right wingers push fearing fear again...
Need to Know: Right wingers push fearing fear again... - Adele Stan, Alternet 
Screwed: Damn the drones...- Roseanne Barr, Actress / Author / Comedian / Peace & Freedom Party candidate for President 
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Massive protest in Spain - Hell No! on austerity to Spain's Parliament- Professor Max Wolff, New School University, NYC
Daily Take: Organized money vs. organized people
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Monday's Daily Stack 
Quote: "Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our Fathers made it inviolate. ... The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." -- Abraham Lincoln.
Hour One: Romney & Obama's big ideas...billionaires vs. the middle class
"Taking Our Country Back": Running for Congress (D-VA, 7th district) against House Majority Leader & Tea Partier, Eric Cantor- Wayne Powell, retired army colonel, small business owner & community lawyer
Hour Two: Voter ID...how the GOP wins elections- Judson Phillips, TheTeaParty.net / Founder, Tea Party Nation
Hour Three: Romney and the princely class...
Speech: " Reagan's Farewell Speech". " 'We the People' are free. This belief has been the underlying basis for everything I've tried to do these past 8 years.". Article: " Transcript: The Vice-Presidential Debate", 2008. Sarah Palin: " We have to fight for our freedoms, also, economic and our national security freedoms. It was Ronald Reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction.". Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. " An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""
|
|
|
Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Thom rants on a GOP Ralph Reed anti-Obamacare push poll
Hour Two: Thom talks about previous October Surprises in politics and asks - what will be 2012's October Surprise?
Hour Three: NFL scab referees and the return of TV bloopers- Dave Zirin, Sports Editor-The Nation Magazine
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program...your media support group for "we the people"...
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Show Info
Call Thom on the show at 1-866-987-THOM (8466) (0870 974 9686 from the UK, +1 503 796 2324 from outside the US or UK).
Sign up for Thom's podcasts.
Come on over to the free chat room, where Thom hangs out during the show.
Join in the discussions on Thom's free message board.
Blog or upload videos or audios at Thom's community.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thom's Poll
Do Americans care more about NFL Ref unions than teacher unions?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Watch & Listen to Thom
Freedom isn't just for the 1%
Everything U Know is Wrong...Is Cash the Enemy of the Poor?
Why Americans have lost faith in our news media
Rush Limbaugh - Stop blaming women for your small penis!
It's time to Tax God!
The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Bibaciously Ugly!
New study suggests tumors & organ damage from GMO foods
Questions Romney must answer about his taxes...
I Have a Bush Administration to Sell You!
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 9/24/12: The Romney Tax Rate
Thom details how Mitt Romney and Paris Hilton pay far fewer taxes than most Americans, and why Romney thinks it's okay. Also discussed: why you should be concerned about and avoid genetically modified organisms (GMOs), how a thousand pastors in the U.S. are challenging the IRS on separation of church and state and how one man fared living a year without using physical money. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks at the stark differences between Romney's and Obama's "big ideas."
Thom Hartmann on the News - September 24, 2012
Callers share what freedom means to them
What does freedom mean to you?
Taking Our Country Back - Wayne Powell
Thom Vs. Judson Phillips - Voter ID, How the GOP wins elections!
Mitt Romney's filthy rich tax rate
Romney and Obama's Big Ideas - Billionaires vs. the Middle Class
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
| |
 Would you like to help give a child with a very troubled background this feeling of peace? Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? Now on Facebook. |
|
|
Hello All