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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: JohnnyReb on May 16, 2012, 11:22:00 AM

Title: "I'm Barack Obama and I approve.....
Post by: JohnnyReb on May 16, 2012, 11:22:00 AM
....this message"

Damn, that must be the tenth time this morning I've heard that crap. It should go something like this...

"I'm Barack Obama and this message is all bull shit but I approved it because I know you are all stupid."
Title: Re: "I'm Barack Obama and I approve.....
Post by: Gina on May 16, 2012, 11:26:02 AM
Why do they do that nowadays anyway?

"I'm Mitt Romney and I approve of this message"? 
Title: Re: "I'm Barack Obama and I approve.....
Post by: JohnnyReb on May 16, 2012, 11:33:38 AM
Why do they do that nowadays anyway?

"I'm Mitt Romney and I approve of this message"? 

I think it's to separate party ads from PAC ads...plausible denyability.
Title: Re: "I'm Barack Obama and I approve.....
Post by: Chris_ on May 16, 2012, 11:35:12 AM
Why do they do that nowadays anyway?
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartisan_Campaign_Reform_Act)

I think this was the legislation that prompted the Citizen's United case.
Title: Re: "I'm Barack Obama and I approve.....
Post by: thundley4 on May 16, 2012, 12:52:58 PM
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartisan_Campaign_Reform_Act)

I think this was the legislation that prompted the Citizen's United case.

I thought that it was some anti-Hillary movie that someone wanted to release in 2008 before the DemonRat primaries were decided?
Title: Re: "I'm Barack Obama and I approve.....
Post by: obumazombie on May 16, 2012, 12:55:12 PM
I thought that it was some anti-Hillary movie that someone wanted to release in 2008 before the DemonRat primaries were decided?
All of that legislation is contrary to free political speech, not that the libs cared. Of course "maverick" McCain was right at the heart of it's origin.
Title: Re: "I'm Barack Obama and I approve.....
Post by: thundley4 on May 16, 2012, 01:37:01 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1260360/