how about...supreme court! Yeah, that's the ticket.

What's up, party people? I have been woefully inadequate of late, not only as a blogger, but as a man, citizen, patriot, and entity. My sorrowful regret is only bounded by the limitations of the human psyche. My absence from the blogosphere for so long a period is a neglect so egregious that shame shall surely follow my seed for generations upon generations.

Let's see...what else is there?

The Supreme Court gutting McCain-Feingold even further. I'm so happy...I've always thought that rich people deserve more influence in politics. It's not enough that Bloomburg can buy his way into a presidential race...he needs to be able to buy other elections too! (not to pick on bloomburg..just the first billionaire to come to mind).

Just because you can't buy votes in a literal sense doesn't mean that you can't buy an election. Advertising can impact the outcome of elections. Money can buy advertising. Rich people have money. EREGO: Rich people can impact the outcome of elections.

I'm generally all for free speech (bong hits 4 jesus? sure!) but when it comes to elections, I say clamp it down! By capping donations from entities (individuals, PACS, Party committees, etc) McCain-Feingold tries to ensure that financial support for a candidate is at least somewhat loosely tied to popular support. Which is, I think, a good and democra-friendly idea.

Rich people are completely free to buy lots of things...cars, boats, houses, companies, buildings, hookers, islands, and robots. It's not such a burden to say that they can't buy an election.