So Team Obama is selling everything including the kitchen sink if you wanted one. Bloomberg Business Week is taking a swipe at them, but what do you think? Millions of dollars are being poured into both campaigns by groups we do not know, but they have the power to tilt an election, but selling merchandise is worthy of mocking. Really pardon the pun, but what is wrong with this picture? Share your thoughts.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/06/bloomberg-businessweek-outdoes-itself-again/53534/
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If people want to buy these products, it’s their money for a good cause. In the old days, pepole were buying all kinds of George Washingotn artifacts after he died, it’s an old tradition in political campaigns.
“Millions of dollars are being poured into both campaigns by groups we do not know”
How do you know “groups” are pouring millions into both campaigns if you “do not know” them? And even if there are such groups, why is this a bad thing? Aren’t citizens with common interests allowed to bond together to support candidates whose views they endorse?
Referring to th super lacs who do not have to disclose contributors.
Why is this a bad thing? Suppose you donate to Planned Parenthood and don’t want your donation made public? Are you asserting that your pattern of financial support for campaigns must be a matter of public record? Are you against privacy in such matters? What if you donate to a campaign, your support is disclosed by law, and you are persecuted by opponents for your views?