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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by cubano on Thursday February 26, 2015 @05:29PM (#9116004)
> When was the last time you heard a Republican politician on the national stage raise an issue that was not obviously directed at their base, or donors?

Do you seriously believe that it's only Republicans that pander to their base?

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by redler on Thursday February 26, 2015 @08:09PM (#9116626)
It's certainly not only Republicans. But neither are they pandering to their "base" in any traditional sense; rather, they are pandering to a few dozen specific people, the extreme concentration of whose wealth generates gravitational fields that that propagate through today's medium more freely than in any time in recent memory.
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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by saalweachter on Thursday February 26, 2015 @11:46PM (#9117217)
To be fair, Republicans are way better at pandering to their base. Democrats tend to flake out and betray their base at the drop of a hat.
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