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thenewgreen  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: These Two Cases Could Be Corporate America's Biggest Gift Since Citizens United

I suppose one can only hope that this new absurdity will shine a light on the holes in the Citizen's United ruling, right? It's funny that neither the right or the left openly embraced the ruling, but neither staunchly condemned it either.





b_b  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I disagree. Obama openly condemned it at his State of the Union address. That, apparently, was unprecedented in modern times.

thenewgreen  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a great point, you are right. I am recalling prior to that when none of the candidates condemned them but openly utilized them. Also, Obama has said a lot of things. He's really good at saying things.

I do remember the shaking of Alito's head and the "that's not true" remark. -also unprecedented stuff.

b_b  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Obama is great at talking. And we all saw that he has a (not to sound racist, it just fits here, I swear) "Don't hate the player; hate the game," sort of attitude, as well. That is, he might have disagreed with the ruling, but he had no problem spending all that unlimited cash, did he?

ecib  ·  4017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is the insidious thing though, -you don't have a choice whether or not to spend all that cash. You must.