Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those Little Fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those campaign fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, A Million dollars, they want a Favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political Deals Toe the Bribery Line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois Governor Hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
Continues next on cnn [the Beatles Revolution plays] [screaming] you say you want a revolution well, you know all chanting peace now we all want to change the world were tired of fulltime jobs for parttime income. You tell me that its evolution well, you know i know nonviolence will work. We all want to change the world is this what you want to do . Destroy the country . Ill destroy a whole bunch of yall. But when you talk about destruction the american embassy is under siege. Dont you know that you can Count Me Out the countrys Going to get a new president next january. Dont you know its Gonna be all right we are planning today new marches. All right not knowing where they are is the worst. Just hoping to stay alive, day to day. All right i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. All right no question about it, this was a bombshell, politically. All right i dont plan to drop out. All right i think itll be a Good thing for the party. We want to de
United states of scandal is next for our country that bills itself as the worlds oldest democracy we sure do love a strong man from Teddy Roosevelt all the way up to our reality, and i get it. In an age where Congress Approval rating hovers somewhere around sewer rats, we wanna vote for the politician who can finally just get things done. That was Eliot Spitzer to a t. But when new yorkers sent the sheriff of wall street to the governors mansion, we all learned the hard way that White Knights can have dark secrets. Spitzer was caught breaking his own sex work laws, a level of hypocrisy we could never forget. Eliot spitzer blazed a trail through new york that had him in Spitting Distance of the white house, right up until the moment he set himself on fire. This will sound like a setup for a bad joke, but bear with me. [cheering] the change you seek, the new york you dream of begins tonight. [cheering] so theres this honest politician named Eliot Spitzer, a white knight, new york officia
Tapper in 2009, South Carolina governor mark sanford was a republican rock star. His reputation as a budgetslashing deficit hawk family man had the gop betting on him to beat obama in 2012 until he became a missing person. The search for sanford threw his office into chaos and turned up a secret love affair and a bizarre set of lies that coined the phrase to hike the Appalachian Trail. But it also revealed something deeper how even the most tightly controlled political persona can mask the messy, imperfect reality of a human being. And counterintuitively, when the world was crashing down around him, baring it all might have been the savviest political move of Mark Sanfords career. Its monday night. Do you know where your governor is . Thats what the citizens of South Carolina are wondering Where In The World is our governor . A Mystery Tonight in South Carolina. The states governor, mark sanford, disappeared for days. Governor alert the search for mark sanford. In june 2009, South Caro
Tapper in 2009, South Carolina governor mark sanford was a republican rock star. His reputation as a budgetslashing deficit hawk family man had the gop betting on him to beat obama in 2012 until he became a missing person. The search for sanford threw his office into chaos and turned up a secret love affair and a bizarre set of lies that coined the phrase to hike the Appalachian Trail. But it also revealed something deeper how even the most tightly controlled political persona can mask the messy, imperfect reality of a human being. And counterintuitively, when the world was crashing down around him, baring it all might have been the savviest political move of Mark Sanfords career. Its monday night. Do you know where your governor is . Thats what the citizens of South Carolina are wondering Where In The World is our governor . A Mystery Tonight in South Carolina. The states governor, mark sanford, disappeared for days. Governor alert the search for mark sanford. In june 2009, South Caro