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[QUOTE]Originally posted by raybond: [QB] Dear Raymond, In conference rooms across America, corporate titans and the super-rich are making plans to buy the 2012 elections. Checkbooks in hand, these folks are secretly funneling millions of dollars to shadowy groups that will flood our airwaves with political ads. Their aim is to persuade us to vote for candidates who will look out for their interests, not ours. Charged with refereeing this battle royale is the Federal Election Commission, or as Sen. John McCain likes to call it, “the little agency that can’t.” The main problem is that the FEC can’t enforce the law without the support of at least four of its six commissioners. Currently, three commissioners – led by disgraced former Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s lawyer Don McGahn – are holding the agency hostage, steadfastly refusing to enforce our campaign finance laws. Instead, these bureaucrats are collecting taxpayer-funded salaries to protect the right of the wealthy to buy our elections. The examples of their misdeeds are many, but to name just one, these three commissioners disregarded the agency’s own general counsel to find that former Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell (R-DE) had not illegally coordinated with the Tea Party Express, despite daily conversations between staffers for the two camps. We need your help to end this dismal state of affairs. Five of the FEC’s six commissioners, including all three who oppose enforcement, remain in place despite expired terms. This means the president could replace them at any time. Tell President Obama the best ideas – not the most money – should win elections. More than four billion dollars were spent on the 2010 mid-term elections. Unless the president gets serious about fair elections, that number will soon be dwarfed given the stakes in 2012. Thank you for helping us build a better Washington, Melanie Sloan [/QB][/QUOTE]
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