Comments on: Lacking votes, Dems press ahead with DISCLOSE Act

By: Rob C

Rob C — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:10:08 +0000

The Dems ought to push this regardless of how many votes they have. It is useful to people to see Republican senators filibustering to keep information from voters about the election. Yah, as if the constitution says having informed citizens is a bad thing.

Once again, Dennis, I will ask you to speak for yourself. You cannot gain points by pretending that you speak for some large group or majority. Even if you did, that in no way means what you are saying is correct (after all, they may have been improperly taught in school). “No one trusts…” Now you are speaking for everyone. That makes you look like a ridiculous paranoid. Try to look more critically at what you say. You act as if you speak for a large group when you agree with the majority; but you claim people are misinformed when statistics run against you. Your comments suggest that critical thinking is not being taught in schools.

By: libertyanne

libertyanne — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:49:33 +0000

By now we find the vote has failed. Not a surprise. There should be no carve-outs or exemptions for anyone. what happened to the law applying to us all?
It’s depressing to see Dem’s caving. Ried should make the Republicans actually get on the floor and explain why allowing us to know who sponsors political ad stops free speech. They don’t seem to mind chilling citizens rights by monitoring every facet of our lives. I thought the corporations were only supposed to have the same rights as human beings. Turns out they get MORE rights than we do.

By: gbear

gbear — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:02:33 +0000

Dennis, if you are old enough to have a job, please go find one. Endless, witless comment posting is not a viable career move.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:14:50 +0000

Look, bottom line, no one trusts the democrats to play by the rules so why unilaterally disarm?

Obama and his henchmen broke their promise to accept the public finance option when it became apparent they could rake in $800 million, most of it via illegal foreign contributions and online credit card donations using untraceable pre-paid cards.

The democrat party has a long history of cheating so why would the republicans agree to what they want?

By: Kevin Rutledge

Kevin Rutledge — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:48:04 +0000

“All that poll shows is that people aren’t being taught the Constitution in the government schools. But what’s worse is that we have U.S. senators who apparently haven’t read it either.”

You mean the part in the constitution where it says “we the people” not “we the corporations”? The poll shows that Americans can read, interpret, and understand what they read…can you?

We need to ensure the DISCLOSE Act will pass the Senate today! The DISCLOSE Act will require election-season political ads to say who funds them – regardless of whether that funding comes from corporations, unions or wealthy individuals. Don’t allow big corporate giants to spread lies to keep political ad sponsorship in the dark. If they are trying to influence your vote, then you should know who they are. For more information, check out Public Citizen’s website http://bit.ly/aP5n1x to tell your senators to vote for the DISCLOSE Act today (S.3295).

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:49:05 +0000

“…but polls show that 85 percent of Americans worry that corporations have captured too much influence in the political system today and 77 percent think Congress should support measures to limit the amount U.S. corporations can spend to influence elections.”

All that poll shows is that people aren’t being taught the Constitution in the government schools. But what’s worse is that we have U.S. senators who apparently haven’t read it either.