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Anyways...as an Obama supporter, I'm not outraged by this or anything. I kind of expected it....The Clintons never expected the campaign to last this long and they're broke, all of their major donors are maxed out and aren't allowed to donate anymore. This is a way for them to try to keep her in the game.
That being said....here's the problem I have with these groups.
I believe in free speech, but I don't believe in anonymous speech.
I think the American people have the right to know who is paying for these ads. I'm sick of seeing ads on TV against something like a communications deregulation bill and it's paid for by "citizens for telephone truth"....when in fact it's paid for by AT&T or Verizon.
I doubt that anyone involved in organizing the "Swift boat veterans for truth" was actually ever on a swift boat. I also think the people who were vietnam vets who appeared in the commercials were paid to say what they said. (And if we knew that when the ads aired, people wouldn't have paid any attention to them)
When you donate directly to a candidate your name goes on a publicly disclosed donor list. That's not the case with 527's.
Do you think someone out there will actually spend $10 million to get a candidate elected and not want something HUGE in return? We, the voting public, should have a right to know who is indeed those checks.
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