Scissor Sheldon: An Indecent Proposal From Sarah Silverman

[Emily124]

Sarah Silverman has an interesting response to Sheldon Adelson's $100 million Romney campaign contribution...
ScissorSheldon.com
The video proposal

It's crazy that one person could be this interested in who becomes president. It feels wrong, like the illegal kind of wrong, for any one person to contribute this much money to a presidential campaign. But maybe there's something I'm missing, that makes this okay?

 

[LOAnnie2]

Because it's not being donated to the campaign--it's being donated to a Super-PAC that supports Romney. It's a very strict limit of how much people can donate to a campaign but the super-pac's can have unlimited funds.

Obama has PACs that support him to the tune of that much money as well. And let's face it, if Obama wins Sheldon would have lost that $100 million when the Bush tax cuts expire anyway.

 

[DeeZire]

...It's crazy that one person could be this interested in who becomes president. ...

Romney is promising a huge tax break to the super-rich. As LOAnnie2 mentioned, the expiration of the Bush tax cuts is also a factor. Obama would let the tax cuts for the rich expire, Romney would make them permanent. It's all about self interest, with no regard for the country that enables the rich elites to amass their obscene wealth.

 

[Emily124]

Because it's not being donated to the campaign--it's being donated to a Super-PAC that supports Romney. It's a very strict limit of how much people can donate to a campaign but the super-pac's can have unlimited funds.

Obama has PACs that support him to the tune of that much money as well. And let's face it, if Obama wins Sheldon would have lost that $100 million when the Bush tax cuts expire anyway.

Ahh... Thank you for explaining that to me, Annie. So, there's no limit on how much a Super-PAC can "support" a candidate/campaign? Interesting. You make a good point about why someone in Sheldon's position would contribute so much. Thanks.

 

[Emily124]

Romney is promising a huge tax break to the super-rich. As LOAnnie2 mentioned, the expiration of the Bush tax cuts is also a factor. Obama would let the tax cuts for the rich expire, Romney would make them permanent. It's all about self interest, with no regard for the country that enables the rich elites to amass their obscene wealth.

Thanks, Dee. Yeah, it's pretty obvious it's all about self-interest, which is why it surprises me (although it probably shouldn't) that it's legal for someone to contribute $100 million to an organization which supports a political campaign. Perhaps I have a lot to learn about our political system.

 

[sr71plt]

And let's face it, if Obama wins Sheldon would have lost that $100 million when the Bush tax cuts expire anyway.

Hardly that much. Let's not be ridiculous about the proposed (return to the standard) tax burden on the rich. They'll still live high on the hog (and they'll still hide the bulk of their wealth). This is a specious argument.

Are we starting into the election posturing on an erotica board again? Guess it's later than last time, and the Olympics might shove some of it off the air waves. Or one can hope.

 

[Emily124]

Are we starting into the election posturing on an erotica board again?

The video features Sarah Silverman in a bikini, with some gnarly dog, demonstrating how to scissor... so there's that.
All better now?

 

[Boxlicker101]

I doubt that any one person will donate 100 million to Obama's election campaign, but he will probably get as much total donations. The Dems have as many PAC's as the Reps, and there's no way to choose between them in that regard.

ETA: If anybody is interested, here is a report from the FEC on money. As you can see, the Dems have received and spent more money than the Reps., but I don't know how up to date this is. http://www.fec.gov/

 

[sr71plt]

The video features Sarah Silverman in a bikini, with some gnarly dog, demonstrating how to scissor... so there's that.
All better now?

I wasn't commenting on the OP. I was commenting on a different post altogether.