Saturday, May 28, 2011

Let's not even pretend

If this ruling is upheld (and 5 to 4 it will be) then say goodbye to even pretending we're not a kleptocracy.

A U.S. judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional, saying that a recent Supreme Court decision gives companies the same right to donate as individual citizens enjoy.

7 Comments:

Anonymous StonyPillow said...

Google AP links don't work so good (for AP, it's not a bug, it's a feature). It's not like AP (All Propaganda) is unavailable anywhere else:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2011-05-27-corporate-contributions-campaigns_n.htm

6:03 AM  
Anonymous Raoul Paste said...

Its too bad that John Edwards turned out to be a sleaze. I remember his admonition regarding our corporate masters, "They will take everything".

8:26 AM  
OpenID DrDick said...

I already gave up pretending several decades ago. Reagan sort of sealed that.

10:23 AM  
Blogger pansypoo said...

pray scalia or clarence drop dead.

9:05 PM  
Blogger Montag said...

pray scalia or clarence drop dead.

Hey, if you're going to resort to imprecatory prayer, why limit it to just one or the other?

1:27 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why do they even bother? Everyone knows /Citizens United solved the problem. Nothing to do for the Supremes but tidy up a bit around the asshole they perversely share for pleasure.
vox

8:11 AM  
Blogger pansypoo said...

both dying in a car accident would be too awesome.

12:14 PM  

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