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Obama assails Supreme Court
The Washington Times ^ | January 21, 2015 | Dave Boyer

Posted on 01/21/2015 11:12:25 AM PST by jazusamo

A day after snubbing liberal activists who were pushing for tougher campaign-finance regulations, President Obama took a swipe at the Supreme Court Wednesday for its “wrong” ruling five years ago on the issue.

“Five years ago, a Supreme Court ruling allowed big companies – including foreign corporations – to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections,” Mr. Obama said in a statement. “The Citizens United decision was wrong, and it has caused real harm to our democracy.”

The president said it was time to “reverse” the trend of unlimited spending on political ads by third parties, but he offered no solutions.

“With each new campaign season, this dark money floods our airwaves with more and more political ads that pull our politics into the gutter,” Mr. Obama said. “Rather than bolster the power of lobbyists and special interests, Washington should lift up the voices of ordinary Americans and protect their democratic right to determine the direction of the country that we love.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 114th; bhosotu; campaignfinance; citizensunited; obama; obamascotus; scotus
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To: jazusamo

“With each new campaign season, this dark money floods our airwaves with more and more political ads that pull our politics into the gutter,” Mr. Obama said. “Rather than bolster the power of lobbyists and special interests, Washington should lift up the voices of ordinary Americans and protect their democratic right to determine the direction of the country that we love.”

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What country does Obama love?


21 posted on 01/21/2015 11:39:59 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: tet68

Amen...I wonder if this barb from BamBam might have had anything to do with Justices Scalia, Alito and Thomas not attending last night?


22 posted on 01/21/2015 11:45:41 AM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo

Funny, Not one word on Government workers UNIONS??


23 posted on 01/21/2015 11:49:08 AM PST by eyeamok
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Please don’t give him an honorary title.


24 posted on 01/21/2015 11:51:10 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: jazusamo

Anyone notice if any SCOTUS Justices were at the speech?


25 posted on 01/21/2015 11:51:41 AM PST by matthew fuller (God bless Jan Morgan- owner / The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range.)
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To: matthew fuller

Justices Scalia, Alito, Thomas and Sotamayor were not in attendance.


26 posted on 01/21/2015 11:55:34 AM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo

” Justices Scalia, Alito and Thomas not attending last night?”

I’m proud of them. The ultimate snub : )


27 posted on 01/21/2015 12:02:42 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: jazusamo

“Five years ago, a Supreme Court ruling allowed big companies – including foreign corporations – to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections,”

The solution is to allow individuals to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections.

Freedom of speech & press necessarily requires freedom to fund the press, as speech beyond voice range requires a press, and operating a press is not free.


28 posted on 01/21/2015 12:02:43 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

I couldn’t agree more, especially good to see Alito join the other two.


29 posted on 01/21/2015 12:06:18 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo

One doesn’t show = must be sick

Two don’t show = aw, they are best friends.

THREE don’t show = Ruh Roh!


30 posted on 01/21/2015 12:10:42 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: matthew fuller

Correction...Sotamayor was there last night, she wasn’t there last year.


31 posted on 01/21/2015 12:11:02 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo
And I demand a "fair and balanced" hollywood/media and academia....

FUBO

32 posted on 01/21/2015 12:12:21 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Yep :-)


33 posted on 01/21/2015 12:12:33 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: Gamecock

“**harm to our democracy**

A. We don’t have a democracy.”

We don’t have a Republic either. We have a dictatorship.


34 posted on 01/21/2015 12:26:07 PM PST by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: jazusamo
This coming from the ASSH#LE who is bought and paid for by special Interests.
What a SKIDMARK
35 posted on 01/21/2015 12:28:08 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: jazusamo
The president said it was time to “reverse” the trend of unlimited spending on political ads by third parties, but he offered no solutions.

Well hell. Just write an Executive Order, President OTrauma.

You do for everything else.

36 posted on 01/21/2015 12:28:57 PM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: jazusamo

Says the man who received untraceable foreign donations by way of the internet, with no penalties, in his campaigns, This was against campaign laws and certainly qualifies as “dark money.”


37 posted on 01/21/2015 12:42:17 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: jazusamo

YEAH! All that fundraising is cutting into the “won’s” golf time.


38 posted on 01/21/2015 12:45:59 PM PST by RW_Whacko
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He should be happy she showed up, even though she fell asleep.


39 posted on 01/21/2015 12:46:04 PM PST by Biggirl (2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
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