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RiverLover

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5. Great post. And this is exactly why we need to strongly support Wolf PAC's efforts!
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 05:33 AM
Apr 2015
To restore true, representative democracy in the United States by pressuring our State Legislators to pass a much needed Free and Fair Elections Amendment to our Constitution. There are only 2 ways to amend the Constitution. (1) Go through our Federal Government (2) Go through our State Legislators via an amendments convention of the states.

Wolf PAC believes that we can no longer count on our Federal Government to do what is in the best interest of the American people due to the unfettered amount of money they receive from outside organizations to fund their campaigns.
We point to the failure of the Disclose Act as rock solid evidence that this would be a total waste of our time, effort, and money. We also point to the recent decision by the US Supreme Court to not even hear a case filed by Montana claiming it did not have to abide by Citizens United, as proof that state legislation is not a sufficient measure to solve this problem. We believe that we have no choice but to put an amendment in the hands of our State Legislators, who are not, at this moment in time, completely blinded by the influence of money and might actually do what 96% of the country wants...take away the massive influence that money has over our political process....

http://www.wolf-pac.com/the_plan




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K&R! Sherman A1 Apr 2015 #1
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #2
Hillary has voiced her opinion. merrily Apr 2015 #7
Thank you. You provided a lot of facts that I did not know or had forgotten. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #3
AFAIK, whatever money Bernie has, he earned outside Congress or saved from his salary-- merrily Apr 2015 #9
I agree. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #12
Excellent post. LuvNewcastle Apr 2015 #4
Thank you! merrily Apr 2015 #13
Great post. And this is exactly why we need to strongly support Wolf PAC's efforts! RiverLover Apr 2015 #5
Then please donate to the DU for WolfPAC fund demwing Oct 2015 #22
Kick for exposure / nt demwing Apr 2015 #6
What if it became Dem Party policy to refuse to take huge amounts of Corporate money? sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #8
Thank you, sabrina 1. Yes, of course, any politician can turn down money, if he or she wants to. merrily Apr 2015 #14
It would be a very popular thing to do right now. But as you say, they would have to WANT to do it. sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #16
Obama promised to abide by McCain Feingold in 2008, provided the merrily Apr 2015 #17
K&R Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #10
To me it is unimportant what she says NOW. sadoldgirl Apr 2015 #11
IMO, no Dem primary to speak of is a huge mistake, and that is one of the reasons I oppose the merrily Apr 2015 #15
Good OP to read again, now that Bill Clinton has once again called for a sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #18
Great post! marym625 Oct 2015 #19
Thank you, mary. I used to at least try to make them good. merrily Oct 2015 #20
OMG, Hillary just said it again. merrily Oct 2015 #21
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