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{"id":4430,"date":"2010-08-25T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.occasionalplanet.org\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2013-02-01T14:17:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T20:17:51","slug":"a-single-candidate-who-refuses-corporate-money-can-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occasionalplanet.org\/2010\/08\/25\/a-single-candidate-who-refuses-corporate-money-can-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"One candidate, refusing corporate money, can make a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<\/em> is a 1939 American dramatic film directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one man’s effect on American politics. It was controversial when it was released, but also successful at the box office, and made Stewart a major movie star. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, and won for Best Original Story. In 1989, the Library of Congress added Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<\/em> to the United States National Film Registry, for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”<\/p>\n
The corruption in Washington 1939, as described by Capra, seems quaint by today\u2019s standards. Instead of a local bully funding a dam for his own enrichment, we have a right leaning Supreme Court dramatically expanding the power of multinational corporations to influence our elections. As if in celebration of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, Rupert Murdoch\u2019s News Corporation gave the business friendly Republican Governor\u2019s Association $1,000,000, and health insurance giant Wellpoint. Inc. followed with a more modest $500,000. In today\u2019s world, Capra\u2019s idea of a lone individual making a difference in Washington against powerful corporations such as News Corp and Wellpoint and their swarms lobbyists seems laughable. But, in these cynical and difficult times, his film bears a second look.<\/p>\n
The Plot:<\/strong><\/p>\n
The governor of a state has to pick a replacement for a recently deceased U.S. Senator. He chooses Jefferson Smith, a na\u00efve and idealistic scout leader, who would be easy for the political machine to manipulate.<\/p>\n
Smith is taken under the wing of the publicly esteemed, but secretly corrupt, Senator Joseph Paine. Smith\u2019s first bill is something close to his heart\u2014the authorization of a federal government loan to buy land in his home state for a national boys’ camp. \u00a0He is unaware the proposed campsite is part of a dam-building graft scheme included in a Public Works bill introduced by Senator Pai<\/a><\/em>ne.<\/p>\n