[Vision2020] Murray Hill Inc. Announces Its Candidacy for Congress

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Fri Jan 29 12:46:26 PST 2010


"Murray Hill Inc. plans on filing to run in the Republican primary in
Maryland’s 8th Congressional District."

Murray Hill Inc. is Running for Congress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHRKkXtxDRA

Courtesy of Murray Hill Inc. at:

http://www.murrayhillweb.com/pr-012510.html

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Supreme Court Ruling Spurs Corporation Run for Congress
First Test of “Corporate Personhood” In Politics

Following the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal
Election Commission to allow unlimited corporate funding of federal
campaigns, Murray Hill Inc. today announced it was filing to run for U.S.
Congress and released its first campaign video on:

www.youtube.com/user/murrayhillcongress

“Until now,” Murray Hill Inc. said in a statement, “corporate interests
had to rely on campaign contributions and influence peddling to achieve
their goals in Washington. But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now
we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves.”

Murray Hill Inc. is believed to be the first “corporate person” to
exercise its constitutional right to run for office. As Supreme Court
observer Lyle Denniston wrote in his SCOTUSblog, “If anything, the
decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission conferred new
dignity on corporate “persons,” treating them — under the First Amendment
free-speech clause — as the equal of human beings.”

Murray Hill Inc. agrees. “The strength of America,” Murray Hill Inc. says,
“is in the boardrooms, country clubs and Lear jets of America’s great
corporations. We’re saying to Wal-Mart, AIG and Pfizer, if not you, who?
If not now, when?”

Murray Hill Inc. plans on spending “top dollar” to protect its investment.
“It’s our democracy,” Murray Hill Inc. says, “We bought it, we paid for
it, and we’re going to keep it.”

Murray Hill Inc., a diversifying corporation in the Washington, D.C. area,
has long held an interest in politics and sees corporate candidacy as an
emerging new market.

The campaign’s designated human, Eric Hensal, will help the corporation
conform to antiquated “human only” procedures and sign the necessary voter
registration and candidacy paperwork. Hensal is excited by this new
opportunity. “We want to get in on the ground floor of the democracy
market before the whole store is bought by China.”

Murray Hill Inc. plans on filing to run in the Republican primary in
Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. Campaign Manager William Klein
promises an aggressive, historic campaign that “puts people second” or
even third.

“The business of America is business, as we all know,” Klein says. “But
now, it’s the business of democracy too.” Klein plans to use automated
robo-calls, “Astroturf” lobbying and computer-generated avatars to get out
the vote.

Murray Hill Inc. is launching the campaign with:

A website
http://www.murrayhillweb.com/new_day/index.html

A Facebook page
http://tinyurl.com/Murray-Hill-Inc

A YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/user/murrayhillcongress

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown




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