I'll borrow a line from Stinger and say
Read slowly
C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-I-O-N-S are not people.

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Hell hath no fury like a right-winger without facts.

Then I'll type slow so you can understand this...

The ruling was NOT about corporations...

The ruling was admonishing Congress for making an unconstitutional law restricting the 1st amendment...

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"You get the respect that you give" - cnredd

I shutter when I hear people proclaim that all three branches of government are equal. They are not.

Congress has the most power.

Easily...

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"You get the respect that you give" - cnredd

Yes well the SC screwed up that interpretation then didn't it.

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Hell hath no fury like a right-winger without facts.

Corporations are nothing but a group of individuals.

How can you justify taking away an individuals right under the 1st amendment simply because that person belongs to a group?

I really don't have a problem with Obama criticizing their decision in that format. If the critics opinion of the ruling play out like they are predicting, I think it will have a direct impact on our political process of electing lawmakers, which is relevant to the SOTU.

Nothing is off limits by either party. If some of the Republicans who support campaign finance reform could have remained anonymous they would have been standing also, especially McCain.

I read this yesterday and want to add it here;

The funny thing is you had the libs up in arms when what's his name yelled "you lie" to obama during his last speech to the congress. Now obama does the same to the SC and every one says, "oh, that's OK." I see a double standard, but that's nothing new for the left.

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National Constitution Center - Centuries of Citizenship - Colonists are protesting “taxation without representation”

I never said that they were, what I said was that if you are going to require that they fulfill the responsbilities, then they get the rights. If you're going to force them to pay taxes, then they deserve a voice in the imposition of those taxes. I agree completely that they aren't people, but that doesn't mean they don't have rights.

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Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush

Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

Corporations are at best a group of individuals. Sometimes it is only one individual spreading his tax responsibility around.
However you cut it this ruling gives too much power (as in more) to certain individuals over others.
Do you agree it is wrong to buy an election? Cut to the chase here, that is what we are talking about. I say it is wrong for any individual or entity to buy an election, to buy a politician.

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