In a nutshell, Johnny boy thinks it's a choice between hypocritical speech, corruption (which apparently in his eyes, only "he" has nobly taken to task) or a "clean" government, again defined by his highness. Not a mention about how his "noble" law illegally and unconstitutionally clamps what and when we can say it. Oh, Johnny-boy, if that were the all-of-the-world, it's a wonder we ever survived the other 229 years of our Nation's existence... we didn't have you to protect us from the corruption that surely existed back then!
Senator McCain, I know you or one of your supporting hacks will be sure to read any comments about this, simply 'cause you're a RINO politico hack, yourself. Here's some news for you: Corruption is a sin that never truly goes away, because its seed can be found in each human breast. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, dividing power among the three branches so that WE the PEOPLE can LIMIT the power of corruption and/or it's spread over us, and so that WE can exercise our LEGITIMATE RIGHT to keep DEMAGOGUES like Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore and YOU out of the White House.
It's bad enough, Senator, that you are either too damned foolish or truly do not care a whit about this to see that your self-congratulatory pat-on-the-back for the finance law is not a step towards (your definition of...) "clean" government, but rather a symptom of the disease - your act muzzled the People, and did nothing to "clean" the special interest affects from our political process - does "527" jog any thoughts, Senator? Does the name George Soros ring a bell?
One last time, Senator, in caps so you can Read. It. Slowly. And. Clearly...
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
CGVet58
Strong post. The nexus between McCain and journalism is the nexus between "liberalism" and journalism - journalism is arrogant, negative and superficial, and anyone who promotes the ability of jounalism sustain that position is OK by journalists.The "liberal" politician decides that getting good PR is his only principle, and falls in with the journalisitic practice of cheap criticism of the people who actually do things - and who therefore make mistakes and are vulnerable to the second guess. McCain's "we're all corrupt and I have to stop us all from being corrupt," schtick is false humility.
The real import of McCain-Feingold is that only objective journalism is qualified to criticize anyone. And after journalism has criticized someone, the target of journalism's criticism has to undergo self-criticism and become purified like John McCain.