I know I agree with the vast majority of folks here who think Citizens United was a calamatous decision which will cause great harm to the country.
I think the corruption and appearance of corruption now engulfing us will over time de-legitimize the government. It will turn us into a proto-feudal oligarchy... I mean, more so than we already are.
It ushers in an era where anonymous paid speech is the standard, and there's no way to have any local influence on any elections. All the machinery of our democracy can be bought with private, anonymous or foreign money - and so democracy becomes a bidding war among multi-millionaires and unknown forces.
So fine. We as Democrats stand against money-is-speech and corporate-personhood. We're against it. We'll work to overturn it.
How the hell do the Republicans feel, now that their own Supreme Court has left this giant pile of flaming poo on their doorstep? Sure, the very-rich are happy, but most of the GOP footsoldiers are not rich. They dislike government because they see it as inefficient or meddlesome or whatever (cough...brainwashing) - but I don't think they want to become helpless pawns any more than we do.
How are they taking this? Is FOX telling them this is a good thing? How does that reasoning work for them? They're being disenfranchised because they're poor - same as us. .. I can't for the life of me imagine any argument in support of CU that would leave them happy & satisfied. It's not defensible. This should backfire on them. Should.
Or is it a non-issue for them - only a big deal for the Left-leaning media(?)
If anyone can explain the wingnuts' thinking on this & what's being about this over at the unwatchable Fox, it would be a revelation.