Just Look At The Map.

       Ya know what the greatest shame of the Citizen's United Supreme Court's ruling is? It's not that so many millions of dollars are spent on falsehoods in ads, although it's certainly true that such is the case. But then lies aren't new in political campaigns. It's not even that ultra-wealthy individuals and major corporations are trying to buy elections, although they certainly are. It's not even that our judicial system is becoming tainted by this secret money although by all accounts it is. All of these things are true and it's unfortunate that our Supreme Court Justices couldn't see them coming or, let's hope, it wasn't an intended consequence.
       What it means, what the great shame of that infamous decision is, is that we the people have lost control of our electoral process and that our elected chambers have made a near irreversible change from deliberative bodies bent on meeting the needs of our population as they are charged to do by our Constitution and have become the tools and instruments of moneyed interests. In it's attempt to provide the rights of free speech to everyone, the court has effectively eliminated the right of free speech to all but those moneyed interests.
       The decision is at least partially to blame for the vitriol in our governing process. In the drive to garner the majority of the mega-funding from these moneyed interests, both parties have learned to do or say anything to get the cash. The promise of anonymous giving, something the average citizen is unable to take advantage of if we wanted to, allows donors to give extremely large donations without being held accountable for those gifts.
       Carried to it's obvious conclusion, the United States will become no better than the feudal systems of Europe our founding fathers escaped from. Our founding fathers intentionally drafted what they thought would be terms that would foil attempts to return to those systems of governing.
       For some, there's no reason to fear such a possibility. The wealthy need not fear. But for the vast majority, there is. You see, big money doesn't have to convince the whole population. It only has to convince a very small portion of that population to blend with it's base that will always vote the party. And unfortunately it's true that, heard often enough, a lie can become a truth to those who don't pay attention.