I doubt Republican Trevor Potter meant the statement that follows to be scary or threatening to us actual citizens who don’t have a ton of money to offer to candidates but who do vote.<\/p>\n
Indeed, when I first read it I thought his honesty–even given that it’s sort of sociopathic (“random billionaire”???)–was dumb.<\/p>\n
But the more I thought about it, the more I felt it was an opening nuclear bomb drop from the Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy.<\/p>\n
Here’s what Potter said, as printed on the top right of the New York Times TOC page [I’ve bolded the entire thing, it’s that huge]:<\/p>\n
QUOTATION OF THE DAY<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n “It just takes a random billionaire to change a race and maybe change the country.” <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n –TREVOR POTTER, a Republican campaign finance lawyer, talking in part about Robert Mercer, a major financial supporter of Ted Cruz’s candidacy. [A1]<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve provided the link to the Times’s front page story (at the [A1]) about this “random billionaire” and Ted Cruz. I leave you to contemplate its significance to our democracy and the dreadful Supreme Court decision that invited Mr. Mercer in, and made Potter’s off-hand remark so terrifying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I doubt Republican Trevor Potter meant the statement that follows to be scary or threatening to us actual citizens who don’t have a ton of money to offer to candidates but who do vote. Indeed, when I first read it … Continue reading