The Denver Post's news article yesterday announces what we've been expecting - Citizens United now has permission to air advertisements for their film "Rocky Mountain Heist" which is a hit piece on Democrats in the final two weeks of this year's election. The whole article is short but worthwhile to any who click through.
Citizens United announced Sunday it intends to spend $170,000 on TV ads and an additional $40,000 for online promotion between now and Nov. 4 of the documentary about how liberals have gained ground in Colorado.
The first TV ad that could start showing this week is titled "You Don't Know Hick," as in Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, who is in a tight race against Republican candidate Bob Beauprez. The 30-second spot has 12 seconds focused on Hickenlooper.
"We expect Citizens United will comply with Colorado law, and so no complaint will be necessary," said Luis Toro, director of Colorado Ethics Watch.
Although the ads don't specifically cite the upcoming election or urge support for Beauprez, the law states that anyone who spends more than $1,000 on ads and names a candidate during the last 60 days before the election must disclose the source of that money, Toro said.
Colorado Ethics Watch is a "liberal-leaning" organization per the Denver Post. I hope so, but that statement could be interpreted in a lot of ways - it's good legal speak to avoid a lawsuit in and of itself.
In summary, Citizens United has made a movie that they will be promoting that is apparently anti-Democrats in general and that they've been trying to air here in Colorado since multiple important races are very close - US Senate, Governor and US House District 6, along with control of the state senate (right now a one vote majority for Dems after NRA-sponsored recalls last year ousted two Democrats over gun issues).
This is what the US Supreme Court says is permissible - unlimited undisclosed funding of partisan political advertisements right before an election, because they see nothing wrong with money = speech. I'm just hoping Colorado doesn't fall for this BS.
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