On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote:
> > No, but ther links are pretty interesting. He has 2 groups American > Crossroads, which is a "Super Pac" and American Crossroads GPS which > is a 501 C charity. Crossroads (the Pac) has to report funding > sources. Crossroads GPS does not. So it makes me wonder where the > money is coming from. > > Aside from being a very effective, abet somewhat sleazy, political > operative, there is little or no evidence that Rove ever did anything > illegal. > > I think that the real solution to this is complete disclosure of > funding sources. You put up a political ad, you have to publicly > disclose who provided the money. As it stands now as of the Citizens > United decision these third party groups do not have to say anything > about who is funding them. I think that if full disclosure was > required it would really open people's eyes to who has bought and paid > for which candidates. > I agree with you Larry...but in reality, does it really matter? Most Joe Sixpack's sitting on their couch watching these ads don't give a hoot or even pay attention to the blurb that says who paid for the advertisement. Generally, the people who are already informed enough to make heads or tails of who is paying for what, and why, are already informed enough to have made up their minds anyway. I just don't envision many cases where you have some empty headed yokel who is buying into a commercial, and then suddenly changes his mind when he hears the name of the PAC or GPS that paid for the spot. Political ads are aimed at careless, uninformed voters.....so telling them who paid for it, while a good idea, doesn't really have much practical value in my opinion. -- Glittering prizes and endless compromises Shatter the illusion of integrity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328714 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
