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Originally Posted by baddog
Why should everyone else get to but they can't? Because they spent more? I don't get it.
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I guess to me because the lies could effect the election. If a candidate wants to lie, there is no way to stop them other than not voting for them. If they get elected and then we find out they lied, they will usually end up paying the price in the end. Look at the first George Bush. He swore he would not create any new taxes, then he did just that and was tossed out during the next election.
If a group of people want to spend a bunch of money to buy up air time and run commercials supporting their candidate, I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with it if those commercials are going to be full of lies.
Should I just be able to buy a commercial during American Idol that says Hillary Clinton will mandate that every American family only have 1 child and all other pregnancies will be handled by forced abortion? It is a bold face lie, why should that be allowed?