Seems kinda like a slippery slope…
Also, forcing people to reveal donors – what do you do then when the ad is funded by ‘The Big Committee To Make Everything Better’, ‘Americans for Good Stuff’, and ‘The League of People Who Like Things’?
My point being that those who desire anonymity will just create a layer of bland-sounding nothingburgers between themselves and their intended money targets.
Meh. This is the kind of shit that makes me feel like we’re so programmed to accept bullshit that we mindlessly cheer when we’re handed somewhat less of it. Yay…they upheld the disclosure requirement for SOME ads.
It should be ALL ads…without exception…and McCain-Feingold is flawed for that reason.
That kind of stuff can (eventually) be unwound. Baby steps. And let’s remember that it’s only candidates who are barred from taking money from non-citizens and coporations.