Obama Blasts Supreme Court Decision

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With the Supreme Court ruling, corporations and unions can now spend as much as they wish on campaign ads for specific politicians.  Foreign interests in control of multi-nationals now have unprecedented influence over American politics. It is hard to imagine how every American, regardless of party affiliation, would not be outraged at one of the most dangerous and irresponsible decisions to ever come down from the high court.  Chief Justice Roberts has put politics in front of country with this decision.

The President…

“This ruling opens the floodgates for an unlimited amount of special interest money into our democracy,” the president said in his weekly radio and Internet message. “It gives the special interest lobbyists new leverage to spend millions on advertising to persuade elected officials to vote their way — or to punish those who don’t.”

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“I can’t think of anything more devastating to the public interest,” he said. “The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyists in Washington or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections.”

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