We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building.
Unfortunately money in politics is an insidious thing – and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.
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In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.
