Letter to the Editor: Too much money in politics

(Randall Haugen of Decorah has submitted the following Letter to the Editor):

A record $3.7+ billion is pouring into the 2014 midterms. The monetary floodgates are wide open, thanks to recent Supreme Court election decisions. Most of that money is spent on advertising -- much of which misleads, distorts and downright lies. The donors for more than half of TV ads are not fully disclosed. Someone is profiting, but it sure isn't you. And it's definitely not the country.

You can lie in the ads, you can lie about what you've said in the ads, and your opponent can lie about you. The winning candidate may be elected by the least informed intermittent voters, who make their decisions based on dishonest attack ads in the last few weeks of an election. As  Stephen Colbert sums it up: "… The fate of our country is now in the hands of people who don't think about what they want until they get right up to the register at McDonald's.

The Supreme Court says this is free speech,This Must be stopped and Will Not be with a Republican Majority in charge."