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59. All of it should be illegal. Voters should be presented with where candidates stand on the issues

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:13 PM

Apr 2015

and not bombarded with trash about who they slept with or other personal, non-relevant information.

Paying for dirt on a politician, and we know they do it, some of our 'Security Contractors' eg, bid on contracts to smear outspoken journalists who report on the Banking Industry, eg, and here we thought they were keeping us safe or something, is despicable and should be against the law.

It interferes with the democratic process. At least they should have to declare who they are and what conflicts of interest they have. And who is funding them.

And candidates should sue them so that they are exposed in courtrooms where they can't lie. Even if they lose, the process can be used to put their faces on the front pages. Suits can be dropped after the election. Meantime they can be confronted and let the public see the deceptions big money is paying for to try to influence their choices.

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Crossroads GPS, America Rising, Citizens United: The $100 Million Anti-Hillary Smear Machine [View all] Skinner Apr 2015 OP

Who's paying them are these transactions even legal? AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #1

Billionaires, and yes they are legal. (nt) jeff47 Apr 2015 #5

I'm in the wrong line of work, I can mix facts with fiction, perhaps I should apply.... AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #14

...and we do the same thing... brooklynite Apr 2015 #11

Except we do not lie emulatorloo Apr 2015 #53

And neither do they... brooklynite Apr 2015 #55

All of it should be illegal. Voters should be presented with where candidates stand on the issues sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #59

That's not what trackers do... brooklynite Apr 2015 #63

I think the public is capable of doing that themselves. That is the job of Journalists, to report sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #64

Because the press doesn't... brooklynite Apr 2015 #65

'The press doesn't' because our Representatives allowed Corporations to take over the press. sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #66

Would the press have covered every single event that Allen or another candidate attended? brooklynite Apr 2015 #67

"Her own words" that they will then heavily edit until she appears to say emulatorloo Apr 2015 #62

Yep: Take true words, put them in false context. Voila! Beartracks Apr 2015 #85

The Fascist War Room must be full of Post-it Notes: "Drive a wedge between Warren and Clinton fans". Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #2

It is amazing how eager... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #4

It also amazes me how young people with a possible future erronis Apr 2015 #22

When I was younger I had a friend who tried to ingratiate himself to the Republican powers that be DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #27

And how eager some of us are to listen to them. MineralMan Apr 2015 #40

I want to know what they're up to...It is important we know what our opponents are up to. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #41

Yes, we need to know that stuff. We shouldn't be using it, though. MineralMan Apr 2015 #47

+1. And on a site called "Democratic" Underground, no less. It's time for a revamp. nt Tarheel_Dem Apr 2015 #70

I don't know. As long as there are people here who will point MineralMan Apr 2015 #71

We hone our skills demolishing these attacks. aquart Apr 2015 #89

K&R, but trashing before the internecine DU accusation drama begins. n/t demmiblue Apr 2015 #3

You know what would be really cool? jeff47 Apr 2015 #6

It's cute that you think that would matter. They would have a full suite of oppo research on stevenleser Apr 2015 #15

They turned Obama into a crypto Muslim who is here illegally and palled around with terrorists. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #18

Exactly. They would turn Sanders into Pol Pot, and Warren into a serial liar about being native stevenleser Apr 2015 #20

Rove turned a war hero (Kerry) into a feckless Naval officer who shot himself.... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #24

Yup. I could picture the Bernie ads with him say "IM A SOCIALIST! IM A SOCIALIST! IM A SOCIALIST!" JaneyVee Apr 2015 #42

Their attacks are commensurate with the threat. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #44

And that worked so well - twice RecoveringJournalist Apr 2015 #84

The $100M is already spent. That "full oppo research" would be new spending. jeff47 Apr 2015 #48

And they have several Billionaires funding them for whom $100 million, divided by several stevenleser Apr 2015 #52

They did a ton of oppo on Warren for the Senate race. MADem Apr 2015 #81

Because they would be cool with someone else? nt sufrommich Apr 2015 #16

Because they've already spent the $100M. (nt) jeff47 Apr 2015 #49

You do realize that's leftynyc Apr 2015 #17

Yes, there is a reason that they're trying to stop sufrommich Apr 2015 #19

And Giuliani crushed Obama in the polls this far out. jeff47 Apr 2015 #50

Nope. The money will go toward defeating whoever we nominate, MoonRiver Apr 2015 #45

Except it's already spent jeff47 Apr 2015 #51

They'll just get more money. MoonRiver Apr 2015 #60

Isn't that the goal of any political party? former9thward Apr 2015 #87

That's true....make them chase their tails for the next year... cbdo2007 Apr 2015 #46

They can turn on a dime. They will smear any Dem emulatorloo Apr 2015 #57

And some question why this race could cost 2.6 billion.... Historic NY Apr 2015 #7

And have a candidate and supporters who are willing to go to the mattresses./NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #8

Per side nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #30

The only way to see change is on the lower levels... Historic NY Apr 2015 #39

+100 MineralMan Apr 2015 #43

You have no argument from me nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #72

Hmmmm 2naSalit Apr 2015 #9

Democrats have no problem sniffing out the opposition tactics. My question is, who, what and how libdem4life Apr 2015 #10

Mother Jones does a lot of great work...They unearthed the 47% comment DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #21

Agree about Mother Jones. They even get a correspondent on MSM occasionally now. I just think each libdem4life Apr 2015 #28

Ever read something and wish you copied it? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #29

I see, so Hillary's the only Scofflaw in the race? Equal time...that's why they made that rule. libdem4life Apr 2015 #33

The miscreant who wrote this book was one of Bush ll's speech writers and... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #35

You make my point. We need to find one of those "miscreants" to write an equal time book. In fact, libdem4life Apr 2015 #37

This miscreant also leaked details of the book to several Republicans including ... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #38

We need to fight fire with fire. I know it's not PC, but they certainly don't care and Hillary is libdem4life Apr 2015 #69

A good reminder. Some people will stop at nothing to stop Hillary. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #12

Even on the DU Iliyah Apr 2015 #25

Yes. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #32

Even to the point of embracing smears from the likes of Karl Rove emulatorloo Apr 2015 #56

What angers me is when people link to rw sites to trash her. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #58

We should employ strategy here, and totally confuse them by nominating Bernie. Zorra Apr 2015 #13

Monies from outside countries as well. Iliyah Apr 2015 #23

The real problem is.... Motown_Johnny Apr 2015 #26

They Are All Running Scared! Gamecock Lefty Apr 2015 #31

America is well and truly fucked by the amount of money in politics LondonReign2 Apr 2015 #34

thank you Skinner. she's also up against loudedt voices here. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2015 #36

Thank you for posting this. Too many are naive about the smear machine emulatorloo Apr 2015 #54

And this is just for the primary. More coming for the general regardless who the candidate is. jwirr Apr 2015 #61

There is also a article on CNN today that they have been watching her every move William769 Apr 2015 #68

Which is why sites like this should give no quarter to rabble. We know what the goal is, and.... Tarheel_Dem Apr 2015 #73

These groups are small potatoes. BKH70041 Apr 2015 #74

"Small potatoes" ??????? elzenmahn Apr 2015 #83

The humorous part.. The dems don't have to dig to find craziness with the likes of Cruz, Rubio, Thekaspervote Apr 2015 #75

Interesting that Conservative fear of symbols doesn't stop them here. Thor_MN Apr 2015 #76

Oh yeah, no doubt. They hated it that Obama was a 2 term President and they're determined not Cha Apr 2015 #77

Why should this surprise us? davidpdx Apr 2015 #78

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #79

Hmmm. Yep. Those sorry bastards are hard at work, aren't they? MADem Apr 2015 #80

Citizens United was perhaps the stake in the heart of US democracy tabasco Apr 2015 #82

With a smear machine that big... MrScorpio Apr 2015 #86

What WE are up against? No, not WE. AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #88