host: david bossie. heats hear from pennsylvania, david, an independent caller. good morning. caller: hello. host hi, you're on the program. caller: we're not talking about making movies here. we're not talking about free speech here. we're talking about unlimited campaign contributions by major corporations, and it's destroying this country. guest: could you make -- i appreciate the thought, but name one contribution by one major company. name one specific contribution by one specific company to a candidate. col call we're not privileged to that information. guest: because it's illegal and it doesn't happen. people think that that's the case because the left is out there saying it every day. so it becomes fact. the facts are before the citizens united case, corporate contributions were illegal. the facts are after the citizens united case, guess what, corporate contributions are still illegal. now, corporations can now give to the party and to c4 organizations like the chamber of commerce, but that isn't -- you know, what's wrong with that? host: they can also give to superpa

let's get a response from david bossie.uest: is a fundamental point, and i appreciate the kind words, is that the left has always been that way. look at hollywood. i use this as an example. will ferrell and zach galifinakis, in the "hangover," came out with this film, "the campaign." they became instant expert on campaign finance because they were attacking citizens united in the film by name. we found it interesting that you cross over into the lexicon of hollywood. aaron sorkin writes us into his hbo show "the newsroom." if will ferrell add someone telling me could not make a movie, he would be standing on a soapbox up screaming at the top of his lungs about it. hollywood is a protected class. it is not that they do not live in reality political your personally, they did not live in reality because hollywood is protected under the media exception, just like c-span and "the new york times." they do not ever consider that the average american actually is a separate class and the federal election rules. will ferrell can do a

washington journal", politico reporter dave leventhal looks at the funding of the 2012 conventions, david bossie discusses the impact of the supreme court's decision in the citizens case and the influence of superpacs on 2012, and the discussion of unregulated money in this year's campaign with bob biersak and kim barker, "washington journal", sunday at 7:00 on c-span. >> the 2000 republican convention was held in philadelphia and the nominee was texas governor george w. bush, son of president george herbert walker bush. governor bush selected richard cheney as his running mate and that election would ultimately be decided by a supreme court ruling. here is his speech from early august 2000. mr. chairman. mr. chairman. thank you all. >> [applause] >> thank you! >> mr. chairman, mr. chairman, delegates and my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination. [applause] thank you. thank you for this honor. thank you for this honor. together, we will renew america's purpose. >> [applause] >> our founders defined that purpose here in philadelphia. ben franklin was here. thomas jefferson. and of cou

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