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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts) Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:11 AM Sep 2012

Carter: 'Financial corruption' harms US elections

Source: AP

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter issued a blistering indictment of the U.S. electoral process Tuesday, saying it is shot through with "financial corruption" that threatens American democracy.

Speaking at the international human rights center that bears his name, Carter said "we have one of the worst election processes in the world right in the United States of America, and it's almost entirely because of the excessive influx of money."

The 39th president lamented a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows unlimited contributions to third-party groups that don't have to disclose their donors.

The dynamic is fed, Carter said, by an income tax code that exacerbates the gap between the wealthiest Americans and the rest of the electorate, allowing the rich even greater influence over public discourse and electioneering.

He added that he hopes the "Supreme Court will reverse that stupid ruling," referring to the case known as Citizens United.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/12/poll-obama-holds-10-point-lead-over-romney-among-catholic-voters/

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Carter: 'Financial corruption' harms US elections (Original Post) trailmonkee Sep 2012 OP

good on Carter Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #1

Thank you lovemydog Sep 2012 #2

Poor Old Jimmy - He Still Don't Get It bucolic_frolic Sep 2012 #3

It's sounds like you are either defacto7 Sep 2012 #12

I've recently been rethinking oldsarge54 Sep 2012 #4

i appreciate carter's comments and criticism of citizens united iemitsu Sep 2012 #5

Thank you President Carter lunatica Sep 2012 #6

Wrong link. OnyxCollie Sep 2012 #7

We are already bought and sold. woo me with science Sep 2012 #8

+1. nt OnyxCollie Sep 2012 #10

Amen. closeupready Sep 2012 #9

Free market and our government have merged. L0oniX Sep 2012 #11

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

1. good on Carter

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:13 AM

Sep 2012

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)

2. Thank you

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 04:14 AM

Sep 2012

President Carter.

bucolic_frolic

(43,372 posts)

3. Poor Old Jimmy - He Still Don't Get It

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:14 AM

Sep 2012

The Supreme Court did what the corporations and the GOP wanted, Jimmy.

YOU're the only one committed to democracy.

THEY want fascism to control and profit.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

12. It's sounds like you are either

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:15 PM

Sep 2012

contradicting yourself, making fun of Jimmy Carter or preaching to the choir.

Maybe you want to rephrase that comment?

Saying that former President Carter doesn't get something is rather absurd.

oldsarge54

(582 posts)

4. I've recently been rethinking

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:33 AM

Sep 2012

my position on Carter. While being in the military during the Carter years, I didn't like him. Now I think the blame for the cruddy way the military was treated should be shifted to a Congress and nation that was blaming us for losing Viet Nam. I was personally mad at him as I had qualified as a fencer to go to the Moscow Olympics. I'm still working on forgiving him for that. However, he is spot on in his observation.

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)

5. i appreciate carter's comments and criticism of citizens united

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 08:43 AM

Sep 2012

but wish he had gone one step further and called for the impeachment of the criminal 5 justices.
the american public needs to be made aware of just who these men represent and reminded which party gave them so much power.