[PJ-Comix]

This is why John McCain MUST NEVER be nominated for President. He is the co-sponsor (with that LOON, Feingold) of the McCain-Feingold Campaign "Reform" Law, the WORST piece of legislation in years.

[isthisnickcool]

McCain is nutz.

[sgtbono2002]

I agree with you that CFR is a bad law. However no one has tried to change it, Why is that? Why havent feingold and McCain triesd to fine tune it. My belief is that many in Congress like it the way it is, They approve of having our Constitutional Rights Impaired.

Oh they make a big deal out of the Patriot Act for political purposes, but CFR is much worse than the patriot act for taking away Americans rights.

[nothingnew]

...McCain-Feingold Campaign "Reform" Law, the WORST piece of legislation in years.

I'd say the Kelo decision is right up there. Worse, IMHO, though the two go rather well hand in hand...

FMCDH(BITS)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

This is why John McCain MUST NEVER be nominated for President. He is the co-sponsor (with that LOON, Feingold) of the McCain-Feingold Campaign "Reform" Law

. . . and when it was pointed out that McCain-Feingold hadn't contained campaign finance but just produced other loophole-seeking behavior and distortions in 2004, McCain had the nerve to assert that the law has to be strengthened!

McCain-Feingold is terrible law, because it explicitly gives journalists rights distinct from those of the people. The First Amendment does not allow that.

O'Connor was part of the 5-4 SCOTUS majority that OKed McCain-Feingold and, please God, that ruling will be overturned root and branch.

[Supernatural]

How do you regulate free speech?

McCain reminds me of the character Capt. Queeg in the movie and book "The Caine Mutiny". He appears to have a few screws loose.

[noobiangod]

Amen. If McCain is nominated in 2008 I will not be voting that year.

There are 2 things of mine that you don't mess with. One is my gun safe and the other is telling me what I can say and think.

Nominating Bloomberg, Pataki or Guiliani also would convince me to stay home rather than voting.

[zook]

I really don't think McCain wants Internet speech shut down and I don't think there's a snowball in hell's chance of it happening.

[SteamshipTime]

It apparently wasn't so bad that it could draw out the Boy King's veto pen.

[afnamvet]

Clearly, McCain-Feingold violates the right of free speech under the Constitution. If The FEC rules that online commentary by indidviduals is to be suppressed during periods of electioneering, then Free Speech becomes an endangered right.

All of us need to speak out against this outrage!

[defenderSD]

So why did the House delay its vote on Hensarling's bill? Do we know if McCain had anything to do with that?

[devolve]

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

If this goes through, look for them to outlaw soap-boxes in public areas and political lawn signs.

Thanks McCain, you treasonous bastard.

And no thanks to you, too, W. for not flushing this tyrannical BS the moment it left a smear on the President's desk.

[mkjessup]

The FEC can do whatever the Hell they like, but they will find that unless they intend to restrict the Internet as does Communist China (hand in hand with Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.), political speech and blogs online cannot be regulated. As some posters have suggested, there will simply be a mass migration of bloggers to foreign servers where McPain-Foolsgold and the FEC cannot touch them.

As for the legal battle within the U.S.? Who do you think will be the most powerful ally for bloggers in putting the kabosh on the FEC and other government agencies?

Ironically, it will be the dying MSM, because as they seek to recover lost subscribers by increasing their online web presence, any restrictions on Internet-originated political speech will be tightening the noose even further around THEIR necks. For that reason alone, they will pour their not-inconsequential legal resources into this fight.

And if they do manage to somehow shut down or restrict the access of American citizens to Constitutionally protected free speech online?

We should remember the patriotic example set by a pre-Internet patriot, the late Reverend Dr. Carl McIntire, and his offshore broadcast operation, "Radio Free America":

http://www.carlmcintire.org/columbus.php

And McPain?

We'll shove the broadcast mast all the way up your traitorous ass until it tickles your tonsils.

[sono]

They can pry this keyboard from my cold dead hands.

[pointsal]

Muzzle Law....

Thanks John McCain....

[GOPJ]

Conservative and liberal bloggers both worry their freedom of speech is threatened by proposed campaign-finance rules that seek to regulate online political speech.

The conservative and liberal bloggers are right on this one...

[roaddog727]

If these YAH-HOOS pull this crap for real, I think that we should file a class action suit or some such and have the Supreme Court decide. I'm pretty sure that SCOTUS would slap McCain-Feingold down like a Pimp slappin' an errant Hoe.

[Soul Seeker]

Judging from a thread now over a 1000 posts, I'd wager the vast majority here at least agree with you...and me...and Jim Robinson that McCain isn't worthy of our support. McCain has managed only to engineer the support of about two or three? straight talk express converts. And only about a half dozen party advocates. Not looking too good for a second try at the express in '08. LOL

[pop-gun]

This is why John McCain MUST NEVER be nominated for President. He is the cosponsor (with that LOON, Feingold) of the McCain-Feingold Campaign "Reform" Law, the WORST piece of legislation in years.

I don't think too many folks would disagree with your point....

However, that does not answer the question: Vote or not to vote if it is McCain against the Beast?...Some say they simply will not vote....Others take the Perot rout and in effect will vote third party..thereby electing the Beast. "Pride goeth before the fall"....Or something like that.

[trubluolyguy]

John McCain can go to hell.