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kentuck

(111,098 posts)
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 08:12 PM Dec 2017

If there is any lesson at all from this Russian scandal...

It is that we need to fix our campaign finance laws immediately. Money can come from anywhere and, most likely, already has made its way into the coffers of Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party. If it has made its way to the Democratic coffers, I do not know?

But, the Russia investigation has brought out facts about dossiers and email thefts and all sorts of dirty tricks. It will only get worse if the system is not reformed. Any Congressman or Senator worth his salt would be all over this issue, as a way to protect our democracy.

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If there is any lesson at all from this Russian scandal... (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2017 OP
Well, we had a fine Candidate that was "all over it" in 2016 Wwcd Dec 2017 #1
Then the lesson is this will happen again - reform is not coming anytime soon maxsolomon Dec 2017 #2
Probably true. kentuck Dec 2017 #3
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
1. Well, we had a fine Candidate that was "all over it" in 2016
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 08:21 PM
Dec 2017

She vowed to end Citizens United.
Campaigned on it as part of her platform & spoke of how & why it began, & why it needed to end.

Yet here we are claiming that "CU MUST be stopped!"
Pity some never bothered to hear her back then.
Oh well. Learn from mistakes, then.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
2. Then the lesson is this will happen again - reform is not coming anytime soon
Fri Dec 15, 2017, 08:40 PM
Dec 2017

why would the GOP reform campaign finance laws when they are the clear beneficiaries?

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