How does it feel to know that you’ve joined the far left? Bernie Sanders and Barrack Obama are nodding in agreement with you. SuperPACs are what caused Justice Alito to speak out against Obama at his state of the union address.
Despite the fantasy being promoted here, Trump didn’t reject the superPAC. The PAC was shut down due to the investigation of how they got their hands on Trump’s donor list. It costs big bucks to run and only a coward tries to force others out by demanding that they turn down support.
Our nation’s founders deliberately set up a system that allows rich and poor alike to run for office to avoid an aristocracy. There is something fundamentally wrong with wanting a nation where only the super rich can afford to run.
I don’t want an America where only a few dozen families are able to run for office.
SuperPACs are a necessary evil to counter Democrat special interest group money, money that is often confiscated against the will of those providing it (union membership dues).
But the Union influence on elections isn’t going away. There needs to be a counterbalance to that. SuperPACs are it. Is it an unfortunate corruption of the system? Sure. But until the unions and the web of Democrat special interest money laundering operations (Planned Parenthood for instance) get thoroughly cleaned up it’s the best possible response.
“How does it feel to know that you have joined the far left? Bernie Sanders and Barrack Obama are nodding in agreement with you. SuperPACs are what caused Justice Alito to speak out against Obama at his state of the union address.”
I have no problem with Citizens United nor with the idea of anonymous free speech. I am in favor of both.
I am also in favor of a free press, despite the fact (as Rubio put it) it is and has long been a super-pac for the left in general and the Democrat party in particular.
My resentment and disgust about the phoniness of the media and its leftist propaganda goes back to Walter Cronkite, a far left, pro-communist spokesman. Not for a second have I considered making a free press illegal.
Trump has simply asked for two things: reveal your donors or disavow your superpacs. No one needs to do it, but then they are vulnerable to the perfectly reasonable criticism - - consistent with human nature - - that the plutocrats who finance you will impose their will on you.
This is especially true if there is a commonality among the plutocrats, for instance prioritizing open borders.
If I am running for office and accept 5 million from a guy, I take the risk of people wondering if the 5 mil affects my judgment. You or anyone else can argue that the 5 mil is necessary to support a non-wealthy person.
And I am free to support a guy where the question does not arise.