Obama Demagogues Campaign Finance and Disclose Act

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Trying to cloak foreign money in our elections by prefacing it as 'foreign-controlled' is a phony misrepresentation, and all foreign money trying ti influence our elections can hire hire a few flunkies to suggest its domestically controlled.
We all know know its the money dictates any corporation, and Fox News is being funded to the tune of billions of Saudi Royalty money to influence our elections.
Of course foreign corporations are financing our elections because of the Supreme Court Citizen's United decision, which essentially eliminated financial disclosure of corporations giving money to influence elections.
We have eliminated transparency in election financing and basically its free-or-all in election spending, including foreign corporations who funnel money through domestic subsidiaries

Larry of OK 6:55PM August 27, 2010

BP is a foreign company. I have never seen them involved in politics. Are you sure ? I see their ads about Gulf and ads on their multiple energy company. But not politics.
Foreign corporations can not finance our elections. Fox is American company.

Bill Hedges of MO 9:22PM August 25, 2010

“The Supreme Court opened the door to foreign corporations financing our elections.”
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
Read the article::
“ Either the president--who formerly served on the faculty of a U.S. law school and is supposed to be some sort of constitutional scholar--has misread the decision or is deliberately and obviously speaking about it in ways that are designed to mislead the electorate.:
So what about Prince Alwaleed bin Talal ownership 7 % ? I believe there are limits on ownership by single foreigners.
If legal then what is wrong with donation from Fox. Fox is a American company. Companies with public stock have stock holders from around the world. Shareholders do not run day by day activities.
Key term is___“foreign-controlled corporations”
I did not know Fox donated. Thanks for informer me.

Bill Hedges of MO 8:54PM August 25, 2010

The Supreme Court opened the door to foreign corporations financing our elections.
"Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal now owns a 7 percent stake in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., the parent company of Fox News, making him the company's largest shareholder outside of Murdoch's own family. "
http://www.prwatch.org/node/8906
If you are 'against “foreign-controlled corporations” buying our campaigns' then you should be upset about Fox News and News Corp donating money directly to the GOP, not to mention the millions in free promotion for the GOP in all their Republican biased opinions.
"Fox parent News Corp. donates $1 million to Republican Governors' Association"
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/08/fox-parent-news-corp-donates-1.html
I agree with you that there shouldn't be '“foreign-controlled corporations” buying our campaigns', especially foreign-owned news media with dishonest, malicious intent. I think Roff should disclose who is paying him for all his disinformation.
What about all the oil companies, most of the foreign owned like BP and Haliburton running endless advertising trying influence our elections.

Larry of OK 7:28PM August 25, 2010

I am against “foreign-controlled corporations” buying our campaigns. If barry knows the ruling does allow this he should speck up and prove it. Explain. Call the Supreme Court out on this. Have Attorney General at your side guns a blazing at countless press confences. Assert yourself.
There should be a law if he is lying then kick the liar out of office. He lied about the Arizona law. He lied in campaign. He is worse kind of liar. So easy to prove.

Bill Hedges of MO 4:35PM August 25, 2010