Greg Palast: Supreme Court's Ruling Would Allow Bin Laden to Donate to Palin's Presidential Campaign

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Supreme Court's Ruling Would Allow Bin Laden to Donate to Sarah Palin's Presidential Campaign

By Greg Palast, AlterNet. Posted December 11, 2009.

I'm biting my nails waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling in 'Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission' -- here's why you should be too.




I thought that headline would get your attention. And it's true.

I'm biting my nails waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which could come down as early as Tuesday. At issue: whether corporations, as "unnatural persons," can make contributions to political campaigns.

The outcome is foregone: the five GOP appointees to the court are expected to use the case to junk federal laws that now bar corporations from stuffing campaign coffers.

Technically, there's a narrower matter before the court in this case: whether the McCain-Feingold Act may prohibit corporations from funding "independent" campaign advertisements such as the "Swift Boat" ads that smeared John Kerry. However, campaign finance reformers are steeling themselves for the court's right wing to go much further, knocking down all longstanding rules against donations by corporate treasuries.

Allowing company campaign spending will not, as progressives fear, cause an avalanche of corporate cash into politics. Sadly, that's already happened: we have been snowed under by tens of millions of dollars given through corporate PACs and "bundling" of individual contributions from corporate pay-rollers. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/rights/144502/supreme_court%27s_ruling_would_allow_bin_laden_to_donate_to_sarah_palin%27s_presidential_campaign

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. If Greg puts Tobasco sauce on his nails he'd be less likely to bite them.

/advice

[RoccoR5955]

3. Not Greg, he'd probably bite them more...

...and come up with some hot story as well!

[LuvNewcastle]

2. We might as well let Osama give money to Palin.

After all, there's no telling how much the Bin Laden family have given to the Bushes through the years.