Pelosi Targets The First Amendment

When "Pope" Pelosi isn't busy monkeying around with Catholic teaching, she delights in showcasing her ignorance of the US Constitution.  You may have heard by now that she would like to amend the First Amendment.  She thinks that big, evil corporations play too big a role in the political arena of ideas.

She gave a press conference last Thursday during which she said,   "We have a clear agenda in this regard: Disclose, reform the system reducing the role of money in campaigns, and amend the Constitution to rid it of this ability for special interests to use secret, unlimited, huge amounts of money flowing to campaigns. I think one of the presenters [at a Democratic forum on amending the Constitution] yesterday said that the Supreme Court had unleashed a predator that was oozing slime into the political system, and that, indeed, is not an exaggeration.  Our Founders had an idea. It was called democracy. It said elections are determined by the people, the voice and the vote of the people, not by the bankrolls of the privileged few. This Supreme Court decision flies in the face of our Founders’ vision and we want to reverse it."

Here it is again, with my comments in red.

"We have a clear agenda in this regard: Disclose, reform the system reducing the role of money in campaigns  George Soros, you can relax!  Somehow I'll think she'll find a way for you to wiggle your fat wads into progressive coffers! , and amend the Constitution to rid it of this ability for special interests to use secret, unlimited, huge amounts of money flowing to campaigns.  Corporations have been in existence for hundreds of years, predating by many years the American Revolution.  The Founding Fathers saw no issue with corporations.  I think one of the presenters [at a Democratic forum on amending the Constitution] yesterday said that the Supreme Court had unleashed a predator that was oozing slime into the political system, and that, indeed, is not an exaggeration.  Our Founders had an idea. It was called democracy.  Actually, their idea was a constitutional republic.   It said elections are determined by the people, the voice and the vote of the people, not by the bankrolls of the privileged few.  How many of you have seen corporations walk into the voting booth?  In all my years of voting, I've only seen human beings walk into the polls.  Boys and girls, can we say "straw man" - or "straw woman" so that we aren't sexist here!  This Supreme Court decision flies in the face of our Founders’ vision and we want to reverse it."   What she and her progressive pals want to reverse is the First Amendment.  It needs no embellishment from you, Ms Pelosi!  What you would like to do is to cripple avenues of free speech - such as the internet - so voices independent of the mainstream media (such as this humble little blog) would be gagged.   You're not getting away with this!  Naughty, naughty!