Is That Money American Or Not?

Folks, we're about to begin to see the results of the Supreme Court's decision to allow unknown amounts of money from unknown donors given to Super PACs for the express and exclusive purpose of attacking any other candidate considered to be a viable opponent of the favored candidate. Now the law is very explicit about Super PACs not having any formal relationship to the favored candidate. And all candidates are meticulously careful not to have any visual or audible relationships with these Super PACs. So what they do is to have a senior member or members of their election campaigns resign and then take over as heads of the Super PACs. That way they get to have their way without having their way. So when you see a candidate say nice things and talk only about important topics, the Super PACs say only nasty things, often out of context about the opponent (s). That's what a SP is all about. Attack. Attack. Attack. It's all about shock and aw. Help the voters to see this opponent or that one in the worst possible light. Now remember, the Supreme Court decided that this type of political campaign was and is important to the political process. Voters need to hear this from anonymous sources, funded by anonymous donors, so that they are unable to determine if it's a true depiction of the candidate under fire. Does that make you wonder why the Supreme Court would want to allow such lying and cheating to influence our elections? And make no mistake, it is doing just that. If you doubt my words, take a look at what has happened to Newt Gingrich in the past few weeks. Don't get me wrong, I think Newt is unfit to be president. But I'm not convinced he should be attacked anonymously. Look at Ron Paul. Another candidate in the campaign. At least he has the honesty to stand up and point out Newt's shortcomings. What bothers me is that we don't know where this money is coming from. As I've said more than once. Could be China or Russia or who knows where or from whom. I just can't for the life of me understand why the Supreme Court would allow this to happen. It will cause real problems for our democracy one day. And we have the Supreme Court to thank for it. Mark my words. Enjoy the New Year.