Texas GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Opposes Unconstitutional Campaign Finance Bill

Deffenbaugh for US Senate Campaign News Release ^ | March 9, 2002 | Matthew Lange

[DeffenbaughforUSSenateinTexas]

“The current bill being considered to change the campaign election laws is patently unconstitutional,” says Douglas Deffenbaugh, GOP candidate for United States Senate.

Mr. Deffenbaugh goes on to say, "This is a direct frontal assault by our government on our freedom of speech rights; it is the most egregious grab for power and attempt to silence citizens in the history of this country. A United States Senator needs to be a statesman and stand up to defend the Constitution in circumstances like these."

Mr. Deffenbaugh believes that we have reached this point because Buckley v. Vallejo was wrongly decided in 1976. The activist supreme court of the 1960s and 1970s went out of bounds when deciding the issues of prayer in school and abortion on demand. The liberal justices thereby opened the door that has allowed limitations on our political speech. Once the American people had swallowed those decisions, it became merely a matter of pushing the envelope a little further to achieve the situation we are faced with today.

The Constitution is absolutely clear about not allowing the regulation of political speech in the First Amendment. Mr. Deffenbaugh speaks to all conservatives, "We must rise up as Americans and demand that this unconstitutional bill be stopped. The very liberty of our country is at stake."

[DeffenbaughforUSSenateinTexas]

Mr. Deffenbaugh can be reached through his website: www.douglasdeffenbaugh.com

[sinkspur]

Do you ordinarily speak about yourself in the third person?

Like Bob Dole?

[goldstategop]

Bump! Send President Bush and his guru Karl Rove another message from the conservative base.

[Free the USA]

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[deport]

Good luck in your campaign.

A question..... should your campaign fall short of winning the Republican primary nomination will you then support the party nominee as selected by the primary?

[AlGone2001]

Why do you feel the need to abuse the "Breaking News" column? Just post it elsewhere. If we are interested, we'll let you know.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Congratulations. Your HTML skills are coming along fine!

[RAT Patrol]

Mr. Deffenbaugh goes on to say, "This is a direct frontal assault by our government on our freedom of speech rights; it is the most egregious grab for power and attempt to silence citizens in the history of this country. A United States Senator needs to be a statesman and stand up to defend the Constitution in circumstances like these."

AMEN!!!!!!!

[oldtimer]

If Cornyn dosen't get the GOP primary, IMHO then a rat will be the next Senator which will be a disaster.

[Clovis_Skeptic]

Good Luck....and well said...I said....

[deport]

He will based upon this field. I was just giving Mr. Deffenbaugh a chance to voice his support for the nominee whoever it is, but notice his silence.

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2002 Republican Primary Election March 12, 2002
Race (M)ulti County (S)ingle County		Occupation	Date of Birth	Phone		Address
U. S. Senator ( M )
	JOHN CORNYN	ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS	02/02/1952	512-494-8535		P.O. BOX 13026 AUSTIN, TX 78711
	LAWRENCE CRANBERG	PHYSICIST	07/04/1917	512-327-1794		1205 CONSTANT SPRINGS DR. AUSTIN, TX 78746
	DOUGLAS G. DEFFENBAUGH	BUSINESS OWNER / ATTORNEY	09/23/1955	210-496-0612		19923 PARK FALLS SAN ANTONIO, TX 78259
	BRUCE RUSTY LANG	CHRISTIAN PHYSICIAN	07/16/1950	214-467-5264		2526 WEST TENTH STREET DALLAS, TX 75211
	DUDLEY F. MOONEY	RANCHING AND LAND TRADER	05/23/1935	940-769-4582		649 NEW SALEM RD. SANTO, TX 76472

[IRtorqued]

A United States Senator needs to be a statesman and stand up to defend the Constitution in circumstances like these

seems to me there is an oath of office requiring said elected official to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, AT ALL TIMES. if you're going to pick and choose when and if you'll defend the Constitution look else where for votes 'cause you aren't getting any from me.

[Temple Owl]

Good Aanswer! Doesn't sound like there is a Dubya in that batch does it?

[Darth Sidious]

Why do you feel the need to abuse the "Breaking News" column? Just post it elsewhere. If we are interested, we'll let you know.

A candidate has the cajones to say that something is actually UN-Constitutional, and that isn't Breaking News?!? :-)

[Humidston]

Good stuff!

....And I see you learned html as well. As we say in these parts, "HTML IS OUR FRIEND."

Best of luck!

[JoeMomma]

Send President Bush and his guru Karl Rove another message from the conservative base.

Hey -- great idea! Let's get conservatives nominated in every state who could not possibly win a general election! Let's make Deffenbaugh an official FR cause a la California's Bill Simon!

[Uncle Bill]

"The current bill being considered to change the campaign election laws is patently unconstitutional,” says Douglas Deffenbaugh, GOP candidate for United States Senate.

Mr. Deffenbaugh goes on to say, "This is a direct frontal assault by our government on our freedom of speech rights; it is the most egregious grab for power and attempt to silence citizens in the history of this country. A United States Senator needs to be a statesman and stand up to defend the Constitution in circumstances like these."

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF GEORGE W. BUSH

Statement by the President

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 20, 2002
Statement by the President

Like many Republicans and Democrats in the Congress, I support common-sense reforms to end abuses in our campaign finance system. The reforms passed today, while flawed in some areas, still improve the current system overall, and I will sign them into law.

The legislation makes some important progress on the timeliness of disclosure, individual contribution limits, and banning soft money from corporations and labor unions, but it does present some legitimate constitutional questions. I continue to believe the best reform is full and timely disclosure of campaign contributions.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020320-21.html

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The George W. Bush Lie

ABC News's This Week on January 23, 2000:

GEORGE F. WILL: I want to see if you agree with those who say it would be bad for the First Amendment? I know you're not a lawyer, you say that with some pride, but do you think a president, and we've got a lot of non-lawyer presidents, has a duty to make an independent judgment of what is and is not constitutional, and veto bills that, in his judgment, he thinks are unconstitutional?

GOV. BUSH: I do.

GEORGE WILL: In which case, would you veto the McCain-Feingold bill, or the Shays-Meehan bill?

GOV. BUSH: That's an interesting question. I - I - yes I would.
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[Fred Mertz]

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[Uncle Bill]

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