Saturday, July 31, 2010

Cornyn votes to protect roaches by keeping the lights off

Senator Cornyn proudly proclaims that he voted to allow businesses with significant foreign shareholders to continue to spend unlimited amounts of money to affect elections in the United States, but is that the act of a patriot? He’s also proud that he voted to allow businesses with government contracts to continue to spend unlimited funds to influence elections. Cornyn claims to be protecting small donors but the only ones required to file new reports are donating over $10,000. Now I don’t know about you but to me $10,000 is serious money to just drop on a campaign ad. I doubt that any of us are ever likely to make such a donation, so who is he really protecting?

The Supreme Court has specifically said, “transparency enables the electorate to make informed decisions and give proper weight to different speakers and messages.” We’ve all heard the old axiom that “sunlight makes the best disinfectant”. Polls show that 80% of all Americans and 76% of Republicans want disclosure of who is paying for campaign ads yet John Cornyn voted to let them remain hidden. Tell Senator Cornyn he was wrong to vote against the DISCLOSE Act, call him at 202-224-2934.

2 comments:

  1. Well said JC. Cornyn is old Washington. It's time we put him out to pasture and voted in some new blood.

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  2. Cornyn had legitimate problems with the Disclose Act, unrelated to your twisted claims. Supporting the First Amendment is a patriotic act.

    The link is to a video where Cornyn expresses why he is opposed to the Disclose Act.
    http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=654839434408

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