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2016 Postmortem

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)

3. No

Reply to Cal33 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 03:49 PM

May 2015

The fact is the rules as they exist now govern current political races. Clinton herself has said we need a constitutional amendment to overturn the SCOTUS decisions. I favor one requiring public financing.

It's like saying you accept the current tax structure when you pay your yearly taxes. You abide by the law as it stands, but that doesn't mean you don't work to change it.

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Can this be really true? "Democrats embrace Citizens United in Defense of Clinton." See below. [View all] Cal33 May 2015 OP

A little more from your link-- Jackpine Radical May 2015 #1

i believe that citizen's united was the SCOTUS's attempt samsingh May 2015 #2

+1 savalez May 2015 #14

No BainsBane May 2015 #3

+1 Hekate May 2015 #15

Big difference in "embracing", and playing the hand you've been dealt by SCOTUS. nt Tarheel_Dem May 2015 #4

It's the Bruno Gianelli rule: Arkana May 2015 #9

Um, no! You use what is law until you can change it. leftofcool May 2015 #5

Hate the game, not the player. JoePhilly May 2015 #6

It seems that under these same rules, Hillary has found a way to not only benefit from them, but Cal33 May 2015 #10

Plus, the Republican corporate donors will be spreading their primary money ... JoePhilly May 2015 #11

There is a group of wealthy Democrats called "The Patriotic Millionaires" who want to pay higher Cal33 May 2015 #12

Food for thought for all Democrats. AtomicKitten May 2015 #7

No, it's a brazen lie from the usual Naderite assholes geek tragedy May 2015 #8

It's Truth Out - of course... MaggieD May 2015 #13