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1 posted on 11/08/2004 10:46:48 AM PST by OESY
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To: Senator Kunte Klinte

"You can't write legislation for every loophole that opens up," said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, a chief sponsor of the law. "It's like putting your thumb in the dike."

2 posted on 11/08/2004 10:47:13 AM PST by OESY
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To: OESY

From the desk of the editor.
Corrected copy follows.
Headline in error.
Reset type to read:
Because of CFR, extremist money drives election rhetoric


3 posted on 11/08/2004 10:49:41 AM PST by BlueNgold (Feed the Tree .....)
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To: OESY
It was McCain's intention to harm President Bush.

The Swift Boat Vets for Truth had other ideas.

4 posted on 11/08/2004 10:51:06 AM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR POWERS EQUAL TO THE TASKS)
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To: OESY

We could've used some 527's working on Boxer since Bill Jones never ran a single ad on TV or radio. Pathetic.


5 posted on 11/08/2004 11:21:42 AM PST by newzjunkey (San Diego, Kleptocrasy by the Sea. -- VOID the Illegal Mayoral "Election")
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To: OESY

I see. Since their beloved Democrat party lost, the Slimes feel obligated to report on "big money" in politics and wants revisions. Revisions, of course, that will restrict conservative groups even more and empower leftist ones.


6 posted on 11/08/2004 11:25:09 AM PST by 12 Gauge Mossberg (I Approved This Posting - Paid For By Mossberg, Inc.)
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To: OESY

Best way to reform the system is to eliminate the rules and the FEC and let candidates receive as much money as they can, except from foreign sources and as long as there's full disclosure.


7 posted on 11/08/2004 11:28:39 AM PST by ServesURight (Tim Michels for U.S. Senate Wisconsin)
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To: OESY

Gee, as if the opponents of CF"R" hadn't predicted directly and explicitly exactly what the NYT now reports.


10 posted on 11/08/2004 11:32:29 AM PST by Plutarch
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To: OESY
McCain-Feingold needs to be overturned, either by a new Congress or a new SCOTUS.

It was a feel-good joke.

11 posted on 11/08/2004 11:37:59 AM PST by george wythe
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16 posted on 11/08/2004 12:34:15 PM PST by petercooper (Kerry voters -- How can 56,171,602 people be so DUMB?)
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