RNC Takes McCain-Feingold to Court

CQ Politics ^ | 2009-08-19 | Bart Jansen

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[Oldpuppymax]

Thanks, Juan. After you make all of the Mexicans into “Americans”, maybe you can sponsor a bill making it ILLEGAL to vote for conservatives!!

[DanZanRyu]

What’s ironic was that McCain’s own pet campaign finance law hindered his ability to raise money for his Presidential bid.

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[K-oneTexas]

True campaign finance reform: On your taxes give $1 to the National Debt.

S*REW THE POLITICIANS!

[Rome2000]

That maniac McCain has caused more damage to this nation than any foreign enemy ever has, allowing marxists to rig the electoral process in their favor and handicapping conservatives in their fight to stop them via his unconstutional legislation and then failing to run an effective campaing against a Marxist crypto-muslim dedicated to destroying America

He ought to be locked back up in a tiger cage and he can take his fat dumb blonde daughter with him

[VRWC For Truth]

Hey McTraitor: RETIRE! He’s another Benedict Arlen Specter.

[lt.america]

Very true. And the GOP can no longer afford to be hamstrung after the blatant campaing fraud that Obama pulled off that was never investigated.

[browardchad]

Ahhh, remember how the media luuuved him for CFR in 2002? I mean, CFR was the most important thing since the Constitution!

When his 2008 campaign rolled around, it was totally forgotten.

McCain, you dope.

[Just mythoughts]

......McCain, you dope.

Was he a dope or was he a very willing participant?

[clee1]

It’s about effin time!!!!!

This bill should never have become law in the first place, and should have been to court before the ink was dry.

[mkjessup]

Our Founder said it best about McInsane I think:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601416/posts

Well worth the read.

[Soul Seeker]

They could have simply voted no on the legislation in the first place.

[Mr_Moonlight]

GOP can no longer afford to be hamstrung after the blatant campaing fraud that Obama pulled off that was never investigated.

Something that has always baffled me about McCain-Feingold is that it limited corporations, wealthy, and others from making big money contributions ... but then how did Obama amass some $800 million for his POTUS run, and who were the donors? Certainly $800 mil didn't come from the grassroots .. who did it come from?

I've never seen any satisfying answer to that question, as if the question was ever even asked

[Cicero]

Well, McCain will live in infamy as long as this law stays on the books. But you have to fault the weak-spined Republicans for giving in to pressure and voting for it.

And you have to fault Bush for signing it, explaining that he knew the Supreme Court would strike it down because it is unconstitutional.

Well, yes, it’s unconstitutional. But SCOTUS doesn’t worry too much about that these days. And Obama will make it worse as soon as he can—also with Republican help, no doubt.

[Cicero]

Obama declined government financing, so it didn’t apply to him. He had no obligation to report anything after the election. And now, of course, he owns the Justice Department, so never mind that he got a ton of illegal money and foreign money.

[Mr_Moonlight]

Obama declined government financing, so it didn’t apply to him. He had no obligation to report anything after the election.

See, again .. this is not a satisfactory answer .. (not your answer Cicero, but the CFR law itself) .. how can there be two sets of rules for campaigning? One which hogties a candidate who accepts public $$$, and another which doesn't?

If this is the double-standard which CFR was based on, then it was highly flawed legislation from the get-go ... (but we already knew that, of course)

Hope the GOP can bury this abomination once and for all, as well as kick Mr McCain in the a$$ once or twice for good measure

[TomGuy]

victory would deal a major blow to the landmark campaign finance law named for Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin,

Good!

Maybe the people of AZ will wake up and vote JohnnyMc into retirement.

[TomGuy]

This bill should never have become law in the first place

McCain wrote it and Bush signed it.

Neither had the best interest of the American people in mind.

That was just one example of the sad state of affairs on political system is in.

[Notary Sojac]

Not like it makes a damn bit of difference to me. I gave the last dime of mine the RNC will ever see a decade ago.

Individual candidates and Club for Growth only, thank ya very much.