Let me finance your campaign. Want some d*ck?

By: Cody Hobbs

Channel surfing, you might have caught the wave of stories discussing Tom Delay's indictment. "So what does this have to do with me," you ask as you paddle on to your favorite MTV program, The (not so) Real World. While I'm sympathetic to the social kamikaze missing one episode can mean, this story merits a little closer look. "Ok, so who's Tom De- what's his face? And what did he do (that affects me)?" Tom DeLay is the House Majority leader, R. Texas. He has been indicted on one count charging that he violated state election laws in September 2002. Large sums of money have been funneled from large Corporations to the Republican National Committee, trickling down to DeLay. Read the story here at the NY Times. (Zzzzzzz) Getting to the point... When Corporations "donate" large sums of money to any election campaign, they expect "favors" in return. Remember Chris Rock's stand up act: "When a guy is nice to a girl, he's not just being nice to her. He's saying, nice hair. Want some dick?" The same principle applies here; Corporations don't just "donate" money, their buying congressmen.

Connecting the dots:

On the 17 of this month, bankruptcy laws will take their first major reform in over a decade. The reforms, sponsored by major credit card companies, will make it more difficult for struggling people to eliminate their debt. And since getting into debt has become our nation’s favorite pass-time, especially for a growing number of young adults, (that means you, rabid Real World fans) this threatens to widen the Jenna Jameson gap between the rich and the pour. Read more about bankruptsy reform here. So how the hell does all this connect? "Can I finance your campaign Mr. DeLay? Want some Dick?"