Meet Murray Hill, Inc., the first corporation to run for Congress in the United States....
"It's a new day," Hill's ad says. "Until now, corporations influenced politics with high paid lobbyists and backroom deals. However, as much as corporate interests gave to politicians, we could never be absolutely sure they would do our bidding. But today, thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, corporations now have all the rights the founding fathers meant for us. It's our democracy: we bought it, we paid for it and we're going to keep it."
link: Corporate entity becomes ‘candidate’, kicks off bid for Congress | Raw Story
Really. If corporations have the same rights as people when it comes to backing political candidates financially, why not cut to the chase and let corporations run for office? Just think about it. General Motors for President. Well, OK, maybe that's not the best example but you know what I mean.
Vice President Haliburton - we know that works.
At the very least, we're not likely to find ConAgra hot-tubbing with a teen-aged girl. And, instead of buttons and the occasional t-shirt candidates might hand out really cool stuff, like granola bars.
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