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Maybe conservatives should reconsider the egregious decision they supported. The one handed down by the right wing robes.
'Citizens United' Unleashed a Monster: Why the Real Winner In the Iowa Caucuses Is the Big-Money Super PAC
They can spend unlimited amounts of money. They don't disclose donors until after the votes are counted. They deluged Iowa with millions of dollars of harsh negative ads.
January 4, 2012
The real winner of the 2012 Iowa Caucuses may not be any of the Republican candidates, but a new political animal that is ugly, loud, anti-democratic and coming to your state in the upcoming primaries and caucuses: the super PAC.
These creaturesunleashed by the U.S. Supreme Courts 2010 Citizens United ruling allowing direct corporate funding for electioneering adsare satellite political campaigns that supposedly act independently of the candidates.
They can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. They don't disclose donors until after the votes are counted. And they have been deluging Iowa with millions of dollars of harsh negative TV ads, from groups that are run by political consultants who have previously worked for the candidates.
On Tuesday morning, Newt Gingrichwho was targeted by nearly one-third of the more than $14 million in super-PAC advertising spent in the weeks before the Iowa Caucuswent on CBSs The Early Show and called Romney a liar for claiming there was no link between his official campaign and a pro-Romney super PAC.
Well, you seem shocked by it! said Gingrich, when asked if he just called Romney a liar. This is a man whose staff created the PAC. His millionaire friends fund the PAC. He pretends he has nothing to do with the PAC its baloney. Hes not telling the American people the truth.
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'Citizens United' Unleashed a Monster: Why the Real Winner In the Iowa Caucuses Is the Big-Money Super PAC
They can spend unlimited amounts of money. They don't disclose donors until after the votes are counted. They deluged Iowa with millions of dollars of harsh negative ads.
January 4, 2012
The real winner of the 2012 Iowa Caucuses may not be any of the Republican candidates, but a new political animal that is ugly, loud, anti-democratic and coming to your state in the upcoming primaries and caucuses: the super PAC.
These creaturesunleashed by the U.S. Supreme Courts 2010 Citizens United ruling allowing direct corporate funding for electioneering adsare satellite political campaigns that supposedly act independently of the candidates.
They can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. They don't disclose donors until after the votes are counted. And they have been deluging Iowa with millions of dollars of harsh negative TV ads, from groups that are run by political consultants who have previously worked for the candidates.
On Tuesday morning, Newt Gingrichwho was targeted by nearly one-third of the more than $14 million in super-PAC advertising spent in the weeks before the Iowa Caucuswent on CBSs The Early Show and called Romney a liar for claiming there was no link between his official campaign and a pro-Romney super PAC.
Well, you seem shocked by it! said Gingrich, when asked if he just called Romney a liar. This is a man whose staff created the PAC. His millionaire friends fund the PAC. He pretends he has nothing to do with the PAC its baloney. Hes not telling the American people the truth.
More
