re: #172 elektramourns

If she against Citizens United, she would be against filthy rich corporations buying political ads.

The Supreme Court by this one ruling has overturned 63 years worth of legislation by the Congress. Not just one law, but dozens of them, that have been whittled and honed over time to try to keep the political fair and free of undue influence by monied interests.

That is all gone now, and there is no chance that it will get fixed during an election year either. The ads this election cycle are going to be a whole new experience. Not only can you spend an unlimited amount of money promoting a candidate you can now also spend an unlimited amount attacking one. Regardless of whether or not you also openly support and fund a candidates election campaign you no longer have to report that nor does he have to count your ads as campaign spending in his favor.

Basically it is way too much of a good thing, sure we now have unrestricted and unregulated “free political speech,” but we also have even media corporations allowed to fund and run their own pro/attack ads. This is going to be a mess, no question…