Thanks to the new political arm of the Republican Party (formerly known as the Supreme Court), corporations can now spread lies, propaganda and misinformation as freely as the candidates themselves. What a country...
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Here is a news itemfrom this morning's Minnesota Public Radio broadcast:
St. Paul, Minn. — A group funded by Minnesota corporations has begun running a TV ad praising Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Emmer. The ad is the latest effort by an independent group that hopes to influence elections.
The ad focuses on Emmer's commitment to Minnesota businesses.
"As a legislator, Emmer voted against job-killing taxes and for reduced government spending. Now he's running for governor, working to grow jobs, getting government out of the way," the ad stated in part.
The ad looks like one Emmer's campaign would run -- but it's not. In fact, Emmer isn't even allowed to communicate with the group that paid for the ad, called Minnesota Forward.
Minnesota Forward is an umbrella organization that's funded by Minnesota businesses including Target, Polaris, Hubbard Broadcasting and Davisco Foods. Because of a U.S Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, those businesses and other companies are now allowed to spend corporate money to influence elections.
In case, you don't know who Tom Emmer is, he is a Tea Party-endorsed Republican candidate for governor here in Minnesota. As such, he has become the poster child for the hypocritical, duplicitous, lying Party that our always-bold citizenry seems intent on putting back in power - or, in the case of Minnesota, going from bad (Tim Pawlenty) to worse.
For a small taste of how Tom Emmer is conducting his campaign, check out this posting from The Alliance for a Better Minnesota.
Boycotting Target may be difficult for some of us, but they are the perfect...um...target, as they are very visible in the community and like to promote themselves as being uniquely civic-minded. Not any more.
Anyone who disagrees with the Supreme Court decision that granted First Amendment rights to corporate entities - and that would be about 80% of the public - should take this opportunity to send a strong message.
Spread the news.
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