So did you read the news this week? Were you as smacked-upside-the-head-with-a-big-stick-while-you-weren't-looking surprised as I was when you saw it? Did you laugh when you found out? Did you cry? Did you get drunk, run around your block screaming, stop to bang your head against a brick wall for a while, then curl up in the fetal position in a darkened room for hours, softly whimpering to yourself?
You're not alone.
In short: the Republican National Committee filed a brief this week to complain that Citizens United hadn't gone anywhere near far enough in allowing corporate dollars to influence elections.
True. Believe it or not.
Now, most clear-thinking people—that is, those who haven't been lobotomized or who aren't conservatives (often times one and the same)—know that Citizens United was one of the worst Supreme Court decisions since The Nine first got their dark robes and powdered wigs. Overturning years of logical precedent by allowing deep-pocketed corporations to spend cash in support of political candidates and causes looks to any reasonable person like A Really Bad Idea. Yet the RNC, in filing this week's brief, has doubled down on the insanity by stating that Citizens United didn't do enough. I suppose that after seeing how effective CU was for them in 2010, they want more. Much more: they now want corporations to be able to give unlimited amounts of cash to candidates of their choosing, and they want to be allowed to do so directly.
I figure the RNC will get its way here with the help of the conservative Court (and a handful of compromisingly spineless Democrats). But even that won't be enough for the GOP; their illogical take-no-prisoners approach will lead to a final scenario. With that in mind, I present to you my nightmare. (Well, okay, one of my many nightmares.)