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Left and right united in opposition to controversial SCOTUS decision 
Much has been made of late about the hyper-partisan political environment in America. On Tuesday, Sen. Evan Bayh explained his surprising recent decision to leave the senate by lamenting a "dysfunctional" political system riddled with "brain-dead partisanship."  It seems you'd be hard-pressed to get Republicans and Democrats inside and outside of Washington to agree on anything these days, that if one party publicly stated its intention to add a "puppies are adorable" declaration to its platform, that the other party would immediately launch a series of anti-puppy advertisements.

But it appears that one issue does unite Americans across the political spectrum.

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that the vast majority of Americans are vehemently opposed to a recent Supreme Court ruling that opens the door for corporations, labor unions, and other organizations to spend money directly from their general funds to influence campaigns.

As noted by the Post's Dan Eggen, the poll's findings show "remarkably strong agreement" across the board, with roughly 80% of Americans saying that they're against the Court's 5-4 decision. Even more remarkable may be that opposition by Republicans, Democrats, and Independents were all near the same 80% opposition range. Specifically, 85% of Democrats, 81% of Independents, and 76% of Republicans opposed it. In short, "everyone hates" the ruling... 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1137 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1137)

And they should hate it too....

http://nationalbuffoon.blogspot.com/2010/01/fascism-comes-to-america.html (http://nationalbuffoon.blogspot.com/2010/01/fascism-comes-to-america.html)

Sorry, I'm not good at reading News Propaganda...

From what I understand that our First Amendment gives everybody the right of free speech. Enough said.

This was a stupid decision and they should be ashamed of themselves.

Is giving money a free speech action?  And even if it is, why should a corporation be considered a person for this purpose, but for very few others?  It's not like we jail corporations when they commit illegal actions.