Cruz: Lift All Limits On Campaign Cash
[su_right_ad]Senator Ted Cruz equates billionaires with people putting signs up on front lawns and believes money is free speech.
Unlimited political cash would give rank-and-file conservative activists greater sway in picking their representatives, including the president, White House hopeful Ted Cruz told New Hampshire voters on Sunday.
Cruz, a first-term senator who represents Texas, said deep-pocketed donors should have the same rights to write giant campaign checks as voters have to put signs in their front yards. Both, Cruz said, were an example of political speech, and he added that “money absolutely can be speech.”
“I believe everyone here has a right to speak out on politics as effectively as possible,” Cruz told a voter who asked him about the role of the super-rich in politics.
alpacadaddy March 16th, 2015 at 11:29 pm
Purchasing Democracy, one subverted vote at a time!
tiredoftea March 16th, 2015 at 11:52 pm
Fine, Canadian Teddy. Open your schedule, and bank records for all to see who you are meeting with, who they represent, how much they gave you, and your family, friends and business associates, how you voted before and after you got their money.
John Tarter March 16th, 2015 at 11:52 pm
Democrats, perverting U.S. Democracy – one illegal voter at a time.
tiredoftea March 16th, 2015 at 11:53 pm
Fringe idiots. Low reading comprehension and deflecting the issue, every time.
jybarz March 17th, 2015 at 12:05 am
Do you really know what you’re farting through your mouth?
William March 17th, 2015 at 12:13 am
I believe that he actually enjoys the abuse. Any attention, albeit negative is better than no attention.
http://i.imgur.com/QU6C64a.gif
whatthe46 March 17th, 2015 at 12:39 am
i’ve always wondered that about it and the others. they come here, get b’tched slapped with facts, evvveeerrry damn time and keep coming back.
William March 17th, 2015 at 1:27 am
I think they just sit quietly until the next day, when Rush drops another turd in their bowl, which they will faithfully regurgitate here,
rg9rts March 17th, 2015 at 9:03 am
Like Red Eyed Robot which is a alias for a conazi talk show host by the name of Gary MacNamara
whatthe46 March 17th, 2015 at 12:18 am
I think he loves the smell of sh’t.
William March 17th, 2015 at 12:10 am
Again Skippy.
You lose
whatthe46 March 17th, 2015 at 12:16 am
Why these idiots don’t do any fact checking
before opening their ignorant mouths, I’ll never understand. But, I love it when the facts are shoved
down their throats and they hide tail and run.
lol
William March 17th, 2015 at 12:26 am
You just ask for proof and “poof”
whatthe46 March 17th, 2015 at 12:34 am
lol
whatthe46 March 17th, 2015 at 12:14 am
don’t you just feel STUPID!! lol
arc99 March 17th, 2015 at 12:45 am
If you are aware of an act of illegal voting and you have not reported it to the proper authorities, you are enabling criminal activity.
If you are not aware of any act of illegal voting, then you are just lying, again.
So which is it JT, are you a criminal or a liar, or both?
rg9rts March 17th, 2015 at 8:53 am
You are stupid…no doubt about it. And in the gopee great search for voter fraud…they only found Repukes cheating…Virginia, Ohio,
jybarz March 17th, 2015 at 12:14 am
It’s unbelievable hypocrisy that this Canadian born POS is eligible to run for presidency. Isn’t he a lawyer, but he doesn’t or refuse to know that he can’t run? Where are the GOP/Teabag birthers on him? Bloody fools if they can let this Canadian born POS continue on his BS presidency ambition. He is going nowhere with it.
tiredoftea March 17th, 2015 at 1:31 am
His mother is native born, hence, Teddy is a citizen. You may not like him, but don’t go all lefty birther, OK?
Hirightnow March 17th, 2015 at 11:06 am
Sauce for the goose…
nola878 March 17th, 2015 at 12:38 am
Whenever I hear crap like this, I’m reminded of Didius Julianus who in 193 AD purchased the position of Roman Emperor when the Praetorian Guards auctioned it off to the highest bidder.
Guess that’s what Ted and his ilk want.
http://www.ancient.eu/Didius_Julianus/
AmusedAmused March 17th, 2015 at 2:25 pm
Didius only ruled for 9 weeks. Because the Praetorian Guard figured, “if we sold the emperorship once, why not do it again?” Something people like Ted Cruz should perhaps keep in mind. Oh, who am I kidding, the smartest of them only read the Cliff Notes version of history and pick out whatever confirms their preexisting biases.
William March 17th, 2015 at 1:28 am
Don’t think of it as influence by billionaires and corporations. Think of it as “sponsorship” you know, like NASCAR
rg9rts March 17th, 2015 at 8:51 am
A bigger trough for scruz to wallow in
Shades March 17th, 2015 at 9:08 am
Honestly, I want to see him announce he’s running for prez so, when he fails so catastrophically, he’s the first to drop out.
Shades March 17th, 2015 at 9:08 am
Honestly, I want to see him announce he’s running for prez so, when he fails so catastrophically, he’s the first to drop out.
anothertoothpick March 17th, 2015 at 1:37 pm
He actually compared a billionaire writing a big check with someone putting a political sign on their front lawn…HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT!
He must think we are all as dumb as a bag of T-baggers.
AmusedAmused March 17th, 2015 at 2:07 pm
He’s not dumb. He’s shameless.
anothertoothpick March 17th, 2015 at 3:21 pm
That t-bagger crowd that he preaches to are very stupid and easy to BS and he thinks he can get away with anything that he says.
AmusedAmused March 17th, 2015 at 2:03 pm
Won’t somebody please think of the super-rich? Don’t they have feelings too? Aren’t they human beings? Don’t they yearn and ache and shop? Don’t they deserve love? And the right to buy their own personalized government? How long will the world tolerate the Koch brothers being unable to express themselves politically, through money?
OldLefty March 17th, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Former Justice John Paul Stevens proposed a Constitutional amendment:
“Neither the First Amendment nor any provision of this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit the Congress or any state from imposing reasonable limits on the amount of money that candidates for public office, or their supporters, may spend in election campaigns.”
I would like to see a talk show host or some one who gets speaking fees, (who can quantify how much they make per time talking), go to court and make the case;
‘If money is speech, then speech is money.
MY speech is worth $X.00 per hour.
Therefore, I should be able to pay my bill by speaking to the creditor for a specified time”.