Obama Calls for Support of Campaign Finance Reform Bill, Post Citizens-United Ruling

We need a strong campaign finance reform bill a.s.a.p.
The day after the Supreme Court decision folks from both parties were dismayed at its ramifications. Even in my small town everyone agreed that the ruling was wrong, would open up our elections to more influence by big companies and scarier still, foreign entities.
The false premise that the Court used, viewing a corporation as deserving an individual’s rights is illogical. Each individual that owns the corporation has those rights. The corporation is not an individual, they can’t be drafted, or vote, for example.
Democracy is in danger as never before. Congress needs to pass a strong bill to counter this obviously wrong Supreme Court decision. When Republicans and Democrats in my town and across the country agree on anything, as they do on that Court ruling being bad for our democracy, Congress needs to listen and act.

If only you were educated enough to know howuch money the dem party funnels through thousands of diff groups for propaganda, as well as the huge financing from UNIONS you might see the irony in this bill with enough loopholes for the progressives to continue their own brand of campaign Chicago politics.

“We’ve all seen groups with benign-seeming names sponsoring television commercials that make accusations and assertions designed to influence the public debate and sway voters’ minds.
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I can name 4 such groups, no problem: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN. They call it “news” and push it or hold it whenever they want as they see fit. Michael Moore and Al Gore turn pure sensationalism into a “documentary” and time it’s release with a straight face. And the news media promotes it like it’s the end of the world. Oddly, when those “docunemtaries” have been revealed for the trash they are it never makes the “news”.
Campaign finance is tricky.

ohhh what is going on Mr Obama ?? His election had a lot of “shadowy” money for his campaing too.Afraid that others will pour more money and beat him on his own game?? ABC please stop catering for this failure for President.. we know better and November is not far away..hammer time !!

“shadowy” money
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It always shows up somewhere. The pol who recieves it generally donates it to some left-wing charity. Not obama. He spent Goldman-Sachs money and still wants to ban such monies. And dump all over Goldman-Sachs.
That has to be called integrity somewhere. Somewhere.

THIS from the man who was the FIRST CANDIDATE in 40 years to refuse public camapign finance —— June 19, 2008 WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday he’ll bypass the federal public financing system in the general election, abandoning an earlier commitment to take the money if his Republican rival did as well. Obama, who set records raising money in the primary election, will forgo more than $84 million that would have been available to him in the general election. He would be the FIRST CANDIDATE to do so since Congress passed 1970s post-Watergate campaign finance laws.

Let’s just make it simple. NO CORPORATE DONATIONS WHATSOEVER. And this includes corporate donations that are funnelled through these shadowy groups or made to look like “employee contributions”. Get rid of all these lobbyiest who have for some time now hijacked our government. And enact term limits. The highest office in the land has term limits, should all those other wannabees elected officials. They spend billions on lobbyiest to stuff their these politician’s pockets and screw the American people who eventually are the ones that pay the price for what they get, from Wall Street, banks, and corporations to abolishing safety standards. They are the true enemies of America. NO MORE STUFFING OF POLITICIAN’S POCKETS BY CORPORATIONS. If our Senators and Representatives don’t want it, vote them the hell out since they are clearly only interested in themselves, not your or me. We elected them not the damn special interest lowlifes.

Obama’s cabinet is full of lobbyist… What the hell is he trying to cover up with this law.
Posted by: CBA | May 1, 2010 11:26:10 AM
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Nonsense.

Mr. Obama went on to raise nearly $1 billion; most of it from his friends on Wall Street and in Saudi palaces.
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Why is it the Republican right has to tell lie after lie after lie? Is there no interest in decency anymore?

lets just pay for a train ride around the country and allow the candidates to talk their talk and then one tv appearance each and be done with it no donations of any kind then lets see who gets elected

It interesting how it is only a one-sided argument with Obama considering his dubious associations and connections to the organizations of equally shadowy nature.

What this country needed was campaign reform BEFORE the 2008 Presidential elections, not after. This move by Obama is another ‘small move’ to bolster and solidify his hold on the White House; nothing more, nothing less.

While we learn today that the President tells University of Michigan grads that he is troubled by those making the case that government is bad, he is forgetting the very tactic that he campaigned with: “that government is bad.”
Obama either has a very short memory, suffers bipolar disorder, or is a crafty left wing idealog who speaks with a forked tongue to impose his own personal radical will on Americans. He does this by villifying his opposing party with smears of an ‘evil government’ then when he convinces people to vote for him, he strong arms his leftist takeover and wonders why people are complaining about government in the same way that he did while he was campaigning. This guy is a thin skinned petty tyrant.

While we learn today that the President tells University of Michigan grads that he is troubled by those making the case that government is bad, he is forgetting the very tactic that he campaigned with: “that government is bad.”
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Nonsense. Obama campaigned for proactive government and the involvement of people in the democratic process – and against the policies of the Republicans.

I love the fact that people still debate Obama. In 3 years he’s screwed, in the meantime all of his colleagues are screwed. HE KNOWS IT AND FEELS IT. Bring on November!

Goldman Sachs, who is now under investigation gave almost 1 MILLION dollars to Obama’s presidential campaign!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: bo | May 1, 2010 2:20:10 PM
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Goldman Sachs did not contribute almost a million dollars to the Obama campaign. That is a lie.
In the same way that employees of the University of California and their families contributed over a million to the campaign, so did employees of Goldman Sachs and their families.
Same with employees of Microsoft, Google, Harvard University – and their families.

Why do the Democrats have to hide expanded FTC powers in a financial reform bill?
So we can see what’s in the bill after we pass it?
Posted by: For The Record | May 1, 2010 3:14:45 PM
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What ‘hidden’ changes?

Goldman Sachs did not contribute almost a million dollars to the Obama campaign. That is a lie.
Nor did any of the other financial institutions.
In the same way that employees of the University of California and their families contributed over a million to the campaign, so did employees of Goldman Sachs and their families.
Same with employees of Microsoft, Google, Harvard University – and their families.

And now for your daily dose of “cricular reasoning”, here’s Tierr(or)a, and the ABC Obambots! (Cue Howard Dean) Yee-AWW!!!

tierra …..employees? Sure, at the urging of and funding by the corp.
Posted by: bo | May 1, 2010 4:45:16 PM
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The fact remains Goldman Sachs did not contribute a million dollars to Obama – hard as it is for the biased posters on here to acknowledge.

Unless you want to quibble over a few thousand dollars, Your Hero, Obama recieved $1,000,000 via Goldman Sachs in 2008. Period.
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Obama did NOT receive a million dollars from Goldman Sachs – even your hypocritical Repubican finger pointing at this won’t make it true.
The contributions did not come from the company – as with the University of California (Obama’s largest contributor) – the funds came from employees and family members.
The University of California did not contribute the money, neither did Goldman Sachs.

. . . sleazy.

Progressive mama, you’re not spouting another blogger, are you? I can’t believe it!

Why even bother with these blogs on ABC. Clearly they are screened for the Obamabots/statist/welfare/warfare mongers…
Where is the “silent majority” these days? Oh right, getting labeled racist for criticizing a man who’s shared ethnicity silences crticism from those of those races, no matter just how bad he interferes with their lives (financial/medical/spiritual “cling to guns/religion, eh), or gives away their hard earned money to his political and financial cronies, with threatened use of force, and “hate speech” as his tools of submission.
There comes a time after eight years of tyranny, and another year added on, that the guy on the matt decides to push off the boot that is smashing his face… Thankfully for a rapidly growing number of Americans… that time… is NOW!
(Where’s the CHANGE, it’s it your pockets! Your retirement and pension belongs to the corporate welfare queens NOW!!!)
Hey America, Had enough?
No D’s or R’s in 2010-12… Let’s get the “change” we were promised!!!

In a post called, “Democrats, Republicans just can’t quit Wall Street money” Ezra Klein points out that, “Both parties, in fact, know the risks and are choosing to take the hit rather than forgo the cash. This isn’t because they love being attacked or even think that the toxicity of Wall Street is overstated. It’s because, to use a metaphor that’s in vogue right now, our system of campaign finance turns politicians into vampire squids wrapped around the wallets of the rich, relentlessly jamming their blood funnels into anything that smells like money.”
Its unfortunate and needs to be changed. But Bob Cesca also makes an excellent point:
“When Democrats run things, they tend to go after corporations, polluters, wealthy white collar criminals, etc.
When Republicans run things, they tend to go after history text books, brown people, poor people, gay people, the working class and, yes, scientists and teachers.
…The Democrats aren’t perfect or saintly, but the next hipster who tells me “both parties are the same” is gonna get a wollup right in the kisser. Verbally, of course.”

Obama received almost $1M from Goldman Sacks.
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Obama did NOT receive a million dollars from Goldman Sacks (sic) – even your hypocritical Repubican finger pointing at this won’t make it true.
The contributions did not come from the company – as with the University of California (Obama’s largest contributor) – the funds came from employees and family members.

Obama Doesn’t Intend to Give Back Goldman Donations By John McCormick……………………..Yes, McCain won’t give back his $290,000 either.

BO and campaign finance reform? *cough cough*

Why don’t you want to talk about the reality of Goldman Sach’s PAC bankrolling Republicans to block financial reform (check out the March filings)?
Posted by: jhw539
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After the way obama/democrats have used them would you expect anything less?

Like its the Republicans who will cut back on shadowy campaign committees and corporate funding
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Aw, c’mon, the bigger problem is the pols who accept such monies. In your own words – “as with the University of California (Obama’s largest contributor)”. See the problem there?
So. Unless you want to quibble over a few thousand dollars, Your Hero, Obama recieved $1,000,000 via Goldman Sachs in 2008. Period.

OBAMA DID NOT DISCLOSE WHERE ALL THE MONEY CAME FROM IN 2008. HOW MUCH CAME FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND TERRORIST GROUPS? HOW MUCH CAME FROM LOBBISTS?

So. Unless you want to quibble over a few thousand dollars, Your Hero, Obama recieved $1,000,000 via Goldman Sachs in 2008. Period.
Posted by: smartlillena | May 2, 2010 9:56:15 AM
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Obama did NOT receive a million dollars from Goldman Sachs – the company.
As with the ‘University of California’ contributions, they came from employees and family members.

Barack Obama fully disclosed …..in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Posted by: Cliff Arnebeck
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Hmm, that sounds a lot like, “no controlling legal authority…”.
But, no matter, I’m sure the man took advantage of every “applicable law and regulation” he could whilst publicly professing the evil of others working inside those very same “applicable laws and regulations”. Laws & regs he’s never taken it upon himself to attempt to change. Citizens United is now one of those laws.
I can’t help but wonder what the decision would’ve done for his 08 campaign. Tierra is correct that the $1,000,000 did not come directly/solely from GS but without their (GS) blessing he’d very certainly not gotten a third of that $1,000,000. Apply that to the rest of the evil corporations who also donated to him.
(yes, borak obama recieved $millions$ in corporate donations)

unemployment and Iran but then again when it comes to real issues this racist crumbles like the weakling he is. He is good at talking trash about Americans and playing golf but he is a weak leader and fails to govern all Americans.
After the way obama/democrats have used them would you expect anything less?
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