![]() There are key governor’s races in Oregon, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia (and who is governor matters in a swing state, for various reasons having to do with districting and funding, so remember Florida in 2000). There are flippable house districts in California, New York, Virginia, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Oregon. There’s even a D running for Tennessee’s open seat. There are critical senate races in Texas, Missouri, Florida, North Dakota, and Nevada. So, every dollar that goes to an inchoate future race is a dollar that doesn’t go to a race to be decided 30 days from now. The superPACs do have unlimited funds, for all practical purposes. And everyone who gives a shit enough, and can afford to Rage Donate, probably doesn’t have unlimited funds. Sure, we want to use the only language that matters to say, “Consequences for your Actions, Dude…!” but honestly, I’m not even sure Collins is planning to run in 2020. Going on the MoneyMoneyMoney principle, this is theoretically fine, but as immediate practical scenario, I’m not okay with it, because the MoneyMoneyMoney principle also means it doesn’t work so well for us (us = everyone except Russian oligarchs, corrupt real estate developers, and the Koch brothers). ![]() It shot up to $3MM or so, right after her (and 50 others’) historic vote to destroy democratic process and the functioning of our constitutional republic. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, the lyrics of the chorus are the description of the United States electoral system. (including the reference to the benefits of a sugar daddy).Īpparently someone started a fund to support Susan Collins (still hypothetical) senate opponent in Maine in 2020, even before she raised a double middle finger to every woman, school child, working class person, and black, brown, red, yellow or taupe citizen of the US. That song has been playing in my head all week and I’m really rather tired of it. One of the earlier numbers in the film features the mom (played, but not actually sung, I don’t think, by Meryl Streep) bemoaning her struggles as a single mom and small business owner, singing the song Money Money Money. (Viewing this movie resulted in some interesting conversations with my other, younger, child about The Facts of Life and sexual decision making). The plot is mostly an excuse to showcase the songs, but it’s a light hearted comedy centered around a single mother and her young adult daughter, neither of whom know who the latter’s biological father is because the former got up close and personal with three gents in very short succession, a while back. It’s a fun film, featuring the songs of 70s Swedish pop phenomenon ABBA. One of my kids really likes the movie musical Mamma Mia.
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