Thursday, June 7, 2012

Obama takes superPAC money and does the will of his donors--he won't do anything to reverse Citizens United



"As super PAC money from millionaires, billionaires and corporations dominates the 2012 election campaign and may determine the outcome, former Republican presidential candidate John McCain filed an unsolicited brief with the Supreme Court asking the Court to rethink its ruling in Citizens United that "unlimited political contributions to "independent" committees by corporations do not lead to "corruption or the appearance of corruption." (and as subsequently held by a Federal Appeals Court, wealthy individuals)

"McCain was joined in his brief by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). At about the same time, Democratic and Republican attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing that the history and present reality of political corruption in many states means that Citizens United should not apply to state campaign finance laws...but the president--who takes money from unlimited superPACs--doesn't care. This guy is useless. We'd be better off with McCain because campaign finance reform is THE most important issue we face."~Cenk Uygur

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