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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

merrily

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14. + 1 Citizens United opened the door to secret politicial donations and also held

Reply to RiverLover (Reply #10)

Wed May 20, 2015, 02:33 AM

May 2015

that corporations are people for purposes of the Bill of Rights. For me, those two things were far more potentially disastrous than the money bit.

Candidates were already getting all the hard and soft money they needed, and including from foreign nations. After Citizens' United, though, we have nor right to know where the donations are coming from. Could be from the Sultan of Brunei, from Bashir Assad, or from the KKK. We have no legal right to know anymore.

Then again, I am not sure we had a right to know about the sources of soft money, did we? (Anyone know?)

So, maybe the corporations are people bit--and not just for purposes of donating money to politicians--was the worst part of Citizens.

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Bill de Blasio- "There is a blindness in our party....moved away from our historic values" [View all] RiverLover May 2015 OP

There is a corruption in our party. It needs to be said and loudly .nt stillwaiting May 2015 #1

+1 I agree. /nt RiverLover May 2015 #2

+2 Me too. Enthusiast May 2015 #11

I think he touched on where that corruption is when he mentioned the mid terms, and the DLC, though sabrina 1 May 2015 #12

As a practical matter, there is only so far a professional Democratic politician merrily May 2015 #13

Yes, the party is corrupted. And we have accepted that just voting for the "D" will make djean111 May 2015 #3

Clearly Identifies The Failures Of Third-Way DLC Politics - Best That Hillary And Bill Retire Now cantbeserious May 2015 #4

I wish. RiverLover May 2015 #5

I Am A Progressive Populist - Have No Idea What A Democrat Is Any More cantbeserious May 2015 #7

I know what the Democrats stood for at one time Pakid May 2015 #8

Agreed - Citizens United - Worst Development In My Lifetime cantbeserious May 2015 #9

Money controlling politics pre-dates Citizens U. Though that was the final nail in the coffin. RiverLover May 2015 #10

+ 1 Citizens United opened the door to secret politicial donations and also held merrily May 2015 #14

".... a deep desire to homogenize rather than be distinct." Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #6

They believe homgenization is better for financial markets. merrily May 2015 #15

+1 CrispyQ May 2015 #16