The 2012 Elections: How to Steal a Country

Step One:  Get all the money

http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/03/334156/top-five-wealthiest-one-percent/?mobile=nc

Step Two: Get your friends on the Supreme Court to give you unlimited spending power:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission

Step Three:  Wound and weaken the big public-employee unions:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57450101/public-sector-unions-in-crosshairs-after-the-wisconsin-recall-election/

Step Four: ANd now the piece de resistance - repeal the transparency laws that were passed 40 years ago in the wake of Watergate, so that your campaign spending can be done anonymously.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/06/15/video-interview-with-sen-mitch-mcconnell-on-campaign-finance-reform-first-amendment/

And voila... you've stolen yourself a country that was once upon a time a democracy.