I left the following comment on Facebook on the Coffee Party's link to "Senators put federal regulators, not JPMorgan, on the hot seat", Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 2012-05-22.
What are all the complaints about? We have the best government money can buy.
The 1 percent may have the money, but the 99 percent have the vote. The problem is that too many of the 99 percent blame the money but never bother to show up. Election after election has gone to Republicans because too many "Democrats" didn't even bother to show up - Florida, 2000; Wisconsin, 2010; New York Ninth District, 2011. This last has 3-1 Democratic registration!
And money doesn't always win elections. Meg Whitman outspent Jerry Brown by a wide margin, but Brown won the Governorship of California.
Whatever else you do, show up to vote, each and every time. Vote Republican, Vote Democrat, Vote Third Party, Write somebody in, but vote. The only votes that don't count are the votes not cast.
