[Vision2020] FW: Obama backs amendment

[Donovan Arnold]

Politicians are not going to vote away their funding. They depend on it. The best that can be done is to have better sunshine laws that expose a politician's contributors. 
 
If Obama wants my vote he is going to have to do something for me other than lip service. Otherwise, I will not cast a vote for President. Lowering gas prices, raising minimum wage for companies that don't offer health insurance, something helpful financially. I hold little hope he actually gives a damn about me, or any of them do for the average American, they just want your money and to stay in office. 
 
 
Donovan J. Arnold

From: Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>
To: kmmos1 at frontier.com; viz <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW: Obama backs amendment


At best I see this as a money maker and a vote getter for both parties with the Democrats 'fighting' for it and the Republicans fighting against it.  I'm not even convinced that there is problem to be solved other than the disclosure factor of who is giving to who.  And I don't buy the assertion that voices of ordinary citizens will be drowned out as if they haven't already been drowned out for decades by the so-called liberal media and right wing talk radio.


Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:56:55 -0700
From: kmmos1 at frontier.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW: Obama backs amendment


On 8/31/2012 4:59 PM, Scott Dredge wrote:

Does anyone know the specific text of the proposed Constitutional Amendment?  Obama is blowing smoke...
The specific constitutional amendment language has not yet been written.

Here's the question and how Obama responded to it from the laptop he used for the reddit session that received his posts:

Q: suzmerk
What are you going to do to end the corrupting influence of money in politics during your second term?

A: PresidentObama

[–]PresidentObamaObama[S] 2292 points 2 days ago 
Money has always been a factor in politics, but we are seeing something new in the no-holds barred flow of seven and eight figure checks, most undisclosed, into super-PACs; they fundamentally threaten to overwhelm the political process over the long run and drown out the voices of ordinary citizens. We need to start with passing the Disclose Act that is already written and been sponsored in Congress - to at least force disclosure of who is giving to who. We should also pass legislation prohibiting the bundling of campaign contributions from lobbyists. Over the longer term, I think we need to seriously consider mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to overturn Citizens United (assuming the Supreme Court doesn't revisit it). Even if the amendment process falls short, it can shine a spotlight of the super-PAC phenomenon and help apply pressure for change.


Ken

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