On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:43 AM, G Money wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: ... >> 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.
The value, is that it opens things up for /other/ political soundbite adds. "Look! So and so has all their adds funded by Evil!" type of stuff. Transparency seems practical to me. :Den -- Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. Friedrich Nietzsche ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:328716 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
