Comments on: SCOTUS Strikes Down Heart Of McCain-Feingold http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:13:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Crooner http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83673 Crooner Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:18:40 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83673 God help us all. God help us all.

]]> By: Me http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83518 Me Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:21:23 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83518 So you think it's OK for big corporations to spend as much money as they please out of their general funds on politics. Well, consider for a moment where the money comes from. If comes from you and me. So from now on, when you go into Walmart and buy a TV, at least some portion of that money is going to go to support whatever political candidates the management of Walmart chooses. What kind of Democracy is that? And consider this: large corporations are multinational today. So from now on there will nothing to stop foreign nations from meddling in American politics as much as they please, through their dollars and influence over the corporations they are part of. What the Roberts court has done is sell out American Democracy for partisan advantage. There are times when things happen that directly strike at the heart of our freedoms that all must condemn, regardless of political persuasions, and this is one of those times. So wake up, OK? Wake up before it is too late. So you think it’s OK for big corporations to spend as much money as they please out of their general funds on politics. Well, consider for a moment where the money comes from. If comes from you and me. So from now on, when you go into Walmart and buy a TV, at least some portion of that money is going to go to support whatever political candidates the management of Walmart chooses. What kind of Democracy is that? And consider this: large corporations are multinational today. So from now on there will nothing to stop foreign nations from meddling in American politics as much as they please, through their dollars and influence over the corporations they are part of.

What the Roberts court has done is sell out American Democracy for partisan advantage. There are times when things happen that directly strike at the heart of our freedoms that all must condemn, regardless of political persuasions, and this is one of those times. So wake up, OK? Wake up before it is too late.

]]> By: Eric http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83299 Eric Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:10:56 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83299 Let's not forget it was the former president who signed this catastrophe of a bill into law to begin with. At least the Supreme Court is finally dismantling it, albeit very slowly. Answer me this: Why can't anyone who wants to donate to a campaign or a candidate be allowed to give as much as they want as long as there is full disclosure? Let’s not forget it was the former president who signed this catastrophe of a bill into law to begin with. At least the Supreme Court is finally dismantling it, albeit very slowly.

Answer me this: Why can’t anyone who wants to donate to a campaign or a candidate be allowed to give as much as they want as long as there is full disclosure?

]]> By: fitsnews http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83289 fitsnews Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:56:04 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83289 Any removal of speech regulation is a victory. As for the flood of TV commercials that this will no doubt produce, well, the marketplace of ideas has been doing a pretty good job of filtering those out. Seriously, Obama, Coakley et. al. spent millions on TV in Massachusetts and for what? If your message sucks, or people don't believe it, then it doesn't matter how much money you spend. -FITS P.S. - Right now, it's the PEOPLE sending a message to the special interest fed purveyors of DC bipartisanshit, not the other way around. Any removal of speech regulation is a victory.

As for the flood of TV commercials that this will no doubt produce, well, the marketplace of ideas has been doing a pretty good job of filtering those out.

Seriously, Obama, Coakley et. al. spent millions on TV in Massachusetts and for what?

If your message sucks, or people don’t believe it, then it doesn’t matter how much money you spend.

-FITS

P.S. – Right now, it’s the PEOPLE sending a message to the special interest fed purveyors of DC bipartisanshit, not the other way around.

]]> By: Libb http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83287 Libb Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:48:28 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83287 Amazing that some of you hail this as a victory. Do you really think the voice of the individual/people will prevail over the voice of corporations like Goldman Sachs, AIG, Exxon, Monsanto, Big Pharma, etal? This ruling may have effectively silenced the voice of the citizen and assured the corporatocracy that they rule. Just pitiful. Amazing that some of you hail this as a victory. Do you really think the voice of the individual/people will prevail over the voice of corporations like Goldman Sachs, AIG, Exxon, Monsanto, Big Pharma, etal? This ruling may have effectively silenced the voice of the citizen and assured the corporatocracy that they rule.

Just pitiful.

]]> By: Just a thought http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83255 Just a thought Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:01:04 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83255 This decision should please the republicans in the short run. Long run you have no meaningful right to speak to government. It is now consttuionally pay to play from Washington to Columbia. Its the oldest curse: Be careful what you wish for, you may get it. This decision should please the republicans in the short run. Long run you have no meaningful right to speak to government. It is now consttuionally pay to play from Washington to Columbia. Its the oldest curse: Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.

]]> By: Ynotfirst http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83236 Ynotfirst Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:43:11 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83236 best government the corporate world can buy best government the corporate world can buy

]]> By: Hmmmm.... http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83220 Hmmmm.... Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:42:23 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83220 You know, I am thinking about NOT buying health care as a political protest. I wonder if this ruling means that the Feds can't fine/imprison me for that. You know, I am thinking about NOT buying health care as a political protest.

I wonder if this ruling means that the Feds can’t fine/imprison me for that.

]]> By: Kuykendalls Gold http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83219 Kuykendalls Gold Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:37:17 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83219 Is a "stinking rebuke" the republican version of a dirty sanchez? Is a “stinking rebuke” the republican version of a dirty sanchez?

]]> By: Genomic Repairman http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/01/21/scotus-strikes-down-heart-of-mccain-feingold/#comment-83201 Genomic Repairman Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:13:26 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=38285#comment-83201 Hopefully we'll be smart enough to repeal McCain-Feingold somewhere in the future. Hopefully we’ll be smart enough to repeal McCain-Feingold somewhere in the future.

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