I always find the "buying vote" statement funny.
Like only one party "buys votes". Every politician "buys votes" if that what you want to call it. They might be targeting different audiences. What do you call high bracket tax cuts, low capital gain rates, limited government oversight of business. Let me tell you the repubs have "bought my vote" every since I could vote.
You also might not realize that facts say people who are much lower on the socio/economic scale are much less likely to vote. So thinking a ton of poor people are rushing to the polls to get their freebies is just not born out by the facts. But make good rhetoric.
And when bush spent tens / hundreds of billions on bushcare free drug program do you think he was doing that out of the goodness if his heart. Of course not, he was trying to buy the AARP vote.
Come on, let's cut through the rhetoric and have an honest conversation. This is the problem with the ENTIRE political process - not the problem of a single party. People let the politicians turn it into a dem vs repub debate when it should be a debate on how disgusting our entire political system has become. Both side are on the take and lousy.
My opinion. Best.
