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Voters are in the dark on campaign spending

Brian McLaren noted this article by E.J. Dionne Jr from the Washington Post.  It is very well written and informative here a few days before a vote.  I made the wild statement on Facebook that the Supreme Court had given my citizenship and the power of my vote to multi-national corporations.  Mr. Dionne’s thoughts support my opinion.

Voters are in the dark on campaign spending
E.J. Dionne Jr | October 25, 2010 | The Washington Post

Imagine an election in a Third World nation where a small number of millionaires and billionaires spent massive sums to push the outcome in their preferred direction. Wouldn’t many people here condescendingly tut-tut over such a country’s “poorly developed” sense of democracy and the inadequacy of its political system?

That, of course, is what is going on in our country as you read this. If you travel any place where there is a contested House or Senate race, you are bombarded with attack ads, almost all against Democrats, paid for by groups that do not have to reveal where their money comes from.