Corporation Runs for Political Office in response to Recent Supreme Court Ruling!

Until now, corporations only influenced politics with high-paid lobbyists and backroom deals. But today, thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, corporations now have all the rights the founding fathers meant for us. It was their dream to build the best democracy money can buy.

That's why Murray Hill Incorporated is taking democracy's next step — running for Congress.

PR firm runs for Congress seat as `corporate person´
By John Wagner
WASHINGTON POST Also SF Chronicle Mar 14. 2010

WASHINGTON - Murray Hill might be the perfect candidate for this political moment: young, bold, media savvy, a Washington outsider eager to reshape the way things are done in the nation´s capital. And if these are cynical times, well, then, it´s safe to say Murray Hill is by far the most cynical.

That´s because this little upstart is, in fact, a startup. Murray Hill is actually Murray Hill Inc., a small, 5-year-old Silver Spring, Md., public relations company that is seeking office to prove a point (and perhaps get a little attention).

After the Supreme Court declared that corporations have the same rights as individuals when it comes to funding political campaigns, the self-described progressive firm took what it considers the next logical step: declaring for office. "Until now, corporate interests had to rely on campaign contributions and influence-peddling to achieve their goals in Washington," the candidate, who was unavailable for an interview, said in a statement. "But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves."

William Klein, Murray Hill´s campaign manager, said the firm appears to be the first "corporate person" to run for office and is promising a spirited campaign that "puts people second, or even third."

The corporate candidate´s online ad on YouTube makes a particularly passionate case for why it´s necessary to have more direct corporate representation in Congress: "As much as corporate interests gave to politicians, we could never be absolutely sure they would do our bidding."

The ad includes images of gleaming office towers and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and promises Murray Hill will bring "enlightened self-interest and corporate accounting" to Congress.

It concludes with a rousing call to action: "Vote for Murray Hill Incorporated for Congress - for the best democracy money can buy."

The firm, whose clients include labor unions and environmentalists, is seeking to enter the Republican primary for the seat held by Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen.

The firm "wanted to run as a Republican because we feel the Republican Party is more receptive to our basic message that corporations are people, too," Klein said.

Here is a link to the campaign website....

http://murrayhillincforcongress.com/