“Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is on the brink of reaching $71 million in contributions thus far in this election cycle.”
–Roll Call
Yes, money is speech, so the court has decreed.
While Adelson thinks this is splendid,
The rest of us wonder, as cash calls the tune,
Is this what the Framers intended?
Calvin Trillin: Deadline Poet (The Nation, 7/23/2012)