Government of the People, by the Corporations
January 23rd, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Following is Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on the recent supreme court decision to allow corporations to spend unlimited amounts in election campaigns on their preferred candidates.
The next 9 men and women will get to the supreme court not because of their judgement, nor even their politics. They will get there because they were appointed by purchased presidents and confirmed by purchased senators. This is what John Roberts did today. This is a supreme court sanctioned murder of what little actual democracy is left in this democracy. It is government of the people, by the corporation, for the corporations…