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The leader of the US Federal Election Commission, the agency charged with regulating the way political money is raised and spent, says she has largely given up hope of reining in abuses in the 2016 US presidential campaign, which could generate a record $10 billion in spending.
“The likelihood of the laws being enforced is slim,” Ann M. Ravel, the chairwoman, said in an interview. “I never want to give up, but I’m not under any illusions. People think the F.E.C. is dysfunctional. It’s worse than dysfunctional.”
Her unusually frank assessment reflects a worsening stalemate among the agency’s six commissioners. They are perpetually locked in 3-to-3 ties along party lines on key votes because of a fundamental disagreement over the mandate of the commission, which was created 40 years ago in response to the political corruption of Watergate.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday May 06 2015, @12:22AM
Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. Politics should be limited to the political arena. People's private lives should not be destroyed for daring to voice an unpopular opinion, losing the election should be the extent of it. And if you weren't convinced that you are safely in the majority you would be the first to agree with that. You guys USED to be all about lecturing people on the importance of tolerating dissent... until you were the ones expected to do the tolerating and suddenly... not so much.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2015, @03:26PM
> People's private lives should not be destroyed
So when politics are used to destroy people's private lives, that's OK.
But the private lives of people using politics for those ends are off limits.
Goose and gander seems to be something you have difficulty with.