ABC News (click title to entry - thank you) has learned that a SuperPAC which supports Rick Santorum, the Red, White and Blue Fund, is going up with TV ads in South Carolina. This will be the first time the SuperPAC is on the air in the “First-in-the-South” state. The total outlay is $190,000, according to people familiar with it and it will air in Greenville, Charleston and Columbia....
During the elections of 2004, after every debate Senator Kerry had an increase in voter interest following his debates. Every one of the debates convinced more voters he was the best choice for President. However, after the debates the Superpacs turned up the heat and people fled loyalty to what they learned and found at the debates for Bush. The tactics were based in character assassination of a Vietnam Veteran and his spouse's wealth. His spouse received a lot of pressure during those elections and it showed. Of course she was viewed as aloof and arrogant, yet Mrs. Kerry is one of the most generous charitable providers through her families good fortune.
Recently, in the current Republican field we witnessed the demise of Michele Bachmann by Rick Perry entering the race. Governor Perry has a sizable superpac.
Then during the debates with Republicans still seeking an Anti-Romney alternative it was Newt Gingrick that found a foothold of loyalty from the primary voters. What followed the former speakers debates were Romney superpac ads viciously attacking him. HIs approval fell post debate and he has yet to recover.
I believe if election results were examined across the spectrum, including the first televised debate with John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, a very clear 'impact trend' line would emerge. A trend line that directly relates monetary influence post debates that is palpable effecting the electorate in ways a candidate can not overcome when relying on debate performance.
Debates are democracy in action. Superpac ads are the plutocracy in action. This is not freedom of speech, it is propaganda and it should never be protected by the First Amendment. Monies and corporations are not citizens. Citizens of the USA are organic human beings that breath Oxygen. They are not a legal entity, they live. They are not inanimate objects, as currency is, they are living, thinking, organic and emotional beings.
The inanimate object called money that never appears in any religious text as being created by God, is influencing the outcome of elections and adversely effecting the paradigm of the government of the USA.
