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babsbunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:13 PM Original message |
Sen. Sanders calls for constitutional amendment to overrule Citizens United |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Eventual? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Corrupted |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is a huge movement toward that goal |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Isn't that simply astonishing? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Most of America sleeps IMO while it's sinking. Often we should rename the US United Stupidity. n/t |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I blame the Media, |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. K & R !!! |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Go Bernie, Go Bernie, Go! |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Love Bernie! |
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Duct Tape (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bernie Sanders is a prime example |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. The decision doesn't do what the article claims |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. k&r nt |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Perhaps someday someone in Congress will introduce such an amendment |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Partly because it's damned hard to figure out what such amendment should say. |
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Duct Tape (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Just to clear things up, |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Well, the first thing such an amendment must do is state that |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Neither of those things would change the ruling one bit. |
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Duct Tape (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I understood before-for the most part-but, |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. By that definition, NPR is the only true media corporation. |
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Duct Tape (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I see, what would |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I don't have a solution to that. Neither do the courts. Which is why they punted.... |
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Duct Tape (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Well, sorry but I don't accept that |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Freedom of press must extend to newspapers, right? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Not all newspapers are run as a business. Several significant newspapers are |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. And the rest of the media would be silenced during a campaign? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. There's a difference between supplying news and campaigning. I believe that |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. So, now you would judge on the quality of the media?! |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You're confusing media ban and campaigning. No country bans media, but several countries |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. OK, so tell me how you would word that partial repeal of the 1st amendment.... |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. " First, the ruling wasn't based on the notion that corporations are people." |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. So, you would have silenced Keith Olbermann during the 2008 campaign? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I guess the lack of any response to this post confirms that this is indeed a tricky issue. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. HEY! OBAMA! HEY! stupid ffffing democrats! wise up and DO something for a change. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. Yes. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. What we need is to kill the concept of corporate personhood and strictly define corporate charters |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. and kill the concept of strictly repub/dem hegemony over the political system. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Love Bernie Sanders -- !! |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Dennis Kucinich said that he was working on a Constitutional Amendment |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. Congress has to approve an amendment before it goes to the states |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's a root problem. Nothing changes while that decision is in effect. n/t |
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Mr. Jefferson (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. Please, Mr. Sanders, don't be so frivolous. |
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The Nexus (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. K&R |
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