Mitt Romney and "Citizens United"

http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/jayne-lyn-stahl/36536/mitt-romney-and-citizens-united

Romney's inevitable reemergence and manipulation of the 2012 presidential race comes about largely because many Republicans are dissatisfied with the alternatives. But, there's another factor, a Supreme Court ruling back in January, 2010 that empowered the candidacy of a corporatist like Mr. Rommey in the first place.

You'll recall, in its "Citizens United v. Federal Elections Ruling," the Supreme Court blocked a ban on corporate spending, thereby endowing corporate giants with a free hand in spending on political elections. Through a rather distorted interpretation of the First Amendment, thanks to this ruling corporations are no longer considered paper entities, but are instead viewed as corporate personhoods, thus enabling them to exert undue influence on elections by blurring boundaries between companies and people.

So, whether Mitt Romney becomes the Republican presidential nominee or not, his presence in a presidential year makes it even more important for Congress, and the president, to start the important work of overturning "Citizens United" as Romney, himself, the mastermind behind Bain Capital, is the personification of corporate power.

While it may be too late for Congress to push through a constitutional amendment to rescind "Citizens United" in time for the next election, it's not too soon to make the voting public aware of the threat to democracy posed not just by that 2010 Supreme Court ruling, but by candidates, like Romney, who extol the business acumen, but neglect to mention that it often came at the expense of jobs, and unions.

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you are waiting for a happy ending,and there isn't one. The powers that be got what they wanted, and they won't go back unless we figure out a way to fight them without help from our bought and paid for officials.