- Joined
- Jun 28, 2006
- Messages
- 3,609
- Reaction score
- 1,100
- Location
- Oaxaca, Mexico
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Conservative
Sen. Clinton and Mr. Trump, as narcissistic liberals, make their position as either Queen or King quite clear:
"CNN reports:Hillary Clinton will pledge on Saturday to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision within the first 30 days of her administration, an aide said Saturday.No matter how much CNN and other water carriers for the Democratic Party try to frame the Citizens United decision as having "opened the floodgates for outside money in politics," that decision determined that it was not in fact illegal for an incorporated organization of citizens to make, advertise, and distribute a documentary film critical of – Hillary Clinton!
That documentary was not peripheral to that case. It was what the case was about. From the first page of the Court's decision:
In January 2008, appellant Citizens United, a nonprofit corporation, released a documentary (hereinafter Hillary) critical of then-Senator Hillary Clinton, a candidate for her party's Presidential nomination. Anticipating that it would make Hillaryavailable on cable television through video-on-demand within 30 days of primary elections, Citizens United produced television ads to run on broadcast[.]"
Blog: Hillary Clinton prioritizes outlawing criticism of Hillary Clinton
And, for Donald Trump:
"Donald Trump has said on several occasions that he wants to, as he puts it, "open up" libel laws, so that he can sue news organizations he believes have written what he calls "hit pieces."
Libel laws now make it extremely difficult for public figures to sue for damages. Still, a President Trump would very likely have a hard time changing them.
When he appeared before the editorial board of theWashington Post this week, Trump was asked to explain what he wanted to do with the nation's libel laws. Trump told the Post, which put a recording of the meeting online, that if a paper gets a story wrong, it should issue a retraction."
Trump's Promise To 'Open Up' Libel Laws Unlikely To Be Kept : NPR
Whether Sen. Clinton is Queen or Mr. Trump is King they want to alter a Supreme Court decision by royal decree to protect...themselves from criticism.
Why is it no surprise that two lifelong Democrats are in sync?
Overturning citizens united has never been about attacking the rights of individuals, it's been about limiting the power of corporations to buy our politicians and elections like packs of cigarettes. Any citizen can voice their opinions, criticisms and beliefs, but corporations should not be able to pump millions or billions of dollars into our political system.
It's undeniable that money plays a huge role in our democracy and it shouldn't. I'll agree that the president can't unilaterally adopt something like this, it will take a concentrated effort from congress. Considering that very same congress amasses vast sums of personal wealth from that system I don't see it changing anytime soon.
Overturning citizens united has never been about attacking the rights of individuals, it's been about limiting the power of corporations to buy our politicians and elections like packs of cigarettes. Any citizen can voice their opinions, criticisms and beliefs, but corporations should not be able to pump millions or billions of dollars into our political system.
It's undeniable that money plays a huge role in our democracy and it shouldn't. I'll agree that the president can't unilaterally adopt something like this, it will take a concentrated effort from congress. Considering that very same congress amasses vast sums of personal wealth from that system I don't see it changing anytime soon.
Freedom of speech should not be construed so as, if one is a public figure, a person and that person's family must endure the slings and arrows of sometimes atrocious lies. I think more American people agree with that thought than disagree. There's a line of egregiousness that goes too far. Time to define the line.
Sen. Clinton and Mr. Trump, as narcissistic liberals, make their position as either Queen or King quite clear:
"CNN reports:Hillary Clinton will pledge on Saturday to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision within the first 30 days of her administration, an aide said Saturday.No matter how much CNN and other water carriers for the Democratic Party try to frame the Citizens United decision as having "opened the floodgates for outside money in politics," that decision determined that it was not in fact illegal for an incorporated organization of citizens to make, advertise, and distribute a documentary film critical of – Hillary Clinton!
That documentary was not peripheral to that case. It was what the case was about. From the first page of the Court's decision:
In January 2008, appellant Citizens United, a nonprofit corporation, released a documentary (hereinafter Hillary) critical of then-Senator Hillary Clinton, a candidate for her party's Presidential nomination. Anticipating that it would make Hillaryavailable on cable television through video-on-demand within 30 days of primary elections, Citizens United produced television ads to run on broadcast[.]"
Blog: Hillary Clinton prioritizes outlawing criticism of Hillary Clinton
And, for Donald Trump:
"Donald Trump has said on several occasions that he wants to, as he puts it, "open up" libel laws, so that he can sue news organizations he believes have written what he calls "hit pieces."
Libel laws now make it extremely difficult for public figures to sue for damages. Still, a President Trump would very likely have a hard time changing them.
When he appeared before the editorial board of theWashington Post this week, Trump was asked to explain what he wanted to do with the nation's libel laws. Trump told the Post, which put a recording of the meeting online, that if a paper gets a story wrong, it should issue a retraction."
Trump's Promise To 'Open Up' Libel Laws Unlikely To Be Kept : NPR
Whether Sen. Clinton is Queen or Mr. Trump is King they want to alter a Supreme Court decision by royal decree to protect...themselves from criticism.
Why is it no surprise that two lifelong Democrats are in sync?
Then please do so. We have heard "Trump is racist" and "Hillary is corrupt" countless times, and in various forms, clearly making an immoral (criminal?) allegation often with little (if any) factual basis. BTW Maggie, is it true that you have finally stopped beating your puppy?
Then please do so. We have heard "Trump is racist" and "Hillary is corrupt" countless times, and in various forms, clearly making an immoral (criminal?) allegation often with little (if any) factual basis. BTW Maggie, is it true that you have finally stopped beating your puppy?
to me a union is little different from a corporation in some respectsNor should Unions, Trusts, and others.
If Unions can pump $100's of millions into ideologically supportive campaigns, so should IBM.
Beat him?? Why I had him for dinner with a fine Chianti.
Overturning citizens united has never been about attacking the rights of individuals, it's been about limiting the power of corporations to buy our politicians and elections like packs of cigarettes. Any citizen can voice their opinions, criticisms and beliefs, but corporations should not be able to pump millions or billions of dollars into our political system.
Overturning citizens united has never been about attacking the rights of individuals, it's been about limiting the power of corporations to buy our politicians and elections like packs of cigarettes. Any citizen can voice their opinions, criticisms and beliefs, but corporations should not be able to pump millions or billions of dollars into our political system.
It's undeniable that money plays a huge role in our democracy and it shouldn't. I'll agree that the president can't unilaterally adopt something like this, it will take a concentrated effort from congress. Considering that very same congress amasses vast sums of personal wealth from that system I don't see it changing anytime soon.
So basically she wants to pass an amendment that will restrict peoples right to free speech.
Nor should Unions, Trusts, and others.
If Unions can pump $100's of millions into ideologically supportive campaigns, so should IBM.
The idea that individuals can do/say X, yet groups of individuals can't do/say X makes little sense. Getting "big money" out of politics is as impractical as getting "big money" out of advertising, sports or entertainment.
You, as well as many others, seem to equate political advertising (positive or negative in nature) with bribery or corruption based upon how much the political ad cost to produce and distribute.
How, exactly, would one word a constitutional amendment (or law) to make it illegal (for a group?) to spend over $X if a movie, book, TV program, song or other means of media advertising is deemed "too political"?
It is a right to give people any amount of your property you please.
I don't really see the urgency in changing the limits to political engagement financial or other of groups of citizens. Obama won his first campaign against corporate interests and Trump is not their favorite either.
The free participation in politics in any way they think sensible is fundamental. And one of the reasons democracy works well is that it combines information and knowledge from all parts of the economy. It is like the price in markets and helps optimise society. In these things as usual it is best to fix, what is broken and not what isn't.
Yep, but very carefully crafted so as to benefit incumbent demorats.
That is why she will (must?) wait until she is elected to divulge "the details". It sounds much better as a vague concept (promise?) than it will (may?) appear as an actual amendment or law.
When I need the opinion of an anarchist who would like to see the entire institution of government burned to ashes, I know where to find you.
I don't think unions should pump millions of dollars into our political system either, that's absurd. We should be publicly funding elections. Each major candidate over a certain polling % threshold should get a fixed amount of money. It would prevent our politicians becoming indentured to corporations and it would show us who can most efficiently manage a fixed budget. It would also allow candidates of the people to have a chance at getting elected without having to start sucking funds out of corporate cocks.
We have limits to how much money someone can directly give a candidate, why would we allow such a blatant loophole by allowing them to spend an endless amount of money on advertising and Super PACs? There is no one size fits all solution, there needs to be a certain level of discretion on the parts of regulators. We could start by simply going back to the way it was before the Citizens United ruling. If a corporation is pumping milions or billions of dollars into our elections in order to sway the outcome we should know about it and it should be limited.
A democracy can't function if the richest have a dramatically larger effect on government policy than the people. We need to be publicly funding elections and forcing politicians to work on a no-strings-attached fixed budget. Do you see absolutely no problem with the way our political system has turned into a multi-billion dollar enterprise? We already let the rich get away with just about anything why do they have to own our elections too? Is nothing sacred, not even our democracy?
When I need the opinion of an anarchist who would like to see the entire institution of government burned to ashes, I know where to find you.
Obama took nearly a billion dollars from corporate interests and Trump has already begun doing it for the general, so I have no idea what you're talking about. Why should the amount of money a candidate has or can suck out of the cocks of corporate donors be one of the deciding factors of who gets elected in a free democracy? You should be able to run a reasonable campaign without in-debting yourself to special interests.
How, exactly, do you prevent incumbents (or those that they choose to back) from having even a larger advantage under your "public funding only" scheme? Incumbents can actually "make news" by simply giving a press conference or holding town hall meetings which is 100% "free" (funded by we the sheeple) any time that they wish to do so . How much value does HRC get from having Obama backing her? Is that huge HRC advantage OK simply because it is not corporate added value backing her?
It's not opinion. Do you think you have a right to give someone ten dollars? I imagine you do. What about ten billion dollars? Again, I imagine you think that is your right too. So tell me, why is it different when the person you are giving money to is in government?
Considering you think taxes are theft and society shouldn't exist in the first place why would I care about your opinion on democracy?
I'm not saying that advantage is OK either, but that doesn't discount how terrible of an idea it is to give corporations 100% free range to buy our politicians and elections. I don't think that politicians should be using their elected positions for campaign purposes, nor should they be making Taylor-Swift-Level money like Hillary and her husband have made from their careers selling their power. Obama can endorse anyone he chooses.
Considering you think taxes are theft and society shouldn't exist in the first place why would I care about your opinion on democracy?
If Obama can do as he chooses than why not GE, Starbucks or Walmart? Clearly Obama has more power and media access than all corporations combined. The idea that the governed must shut up and let the government define what can be be said, how often, when and by who is not only insane but unconstitutional as well.
Obama is a human being and a citizen of this country. So are all of the workers, CEOs and shareholders at GE, Starbucks and Walmart (With exceptions I'm sure). They can all express any opinion they want and take any political position they want. What is not ok is using that corporation to influence our electoral process in order to achieve a financially desirable outcome. That is not democracy.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?