Posted on 02/16/2002 7:27:55 AM PST by TLBSHOW
Today, ladies and gentlemen, you cannot shout "Freedom!" in a crowded election. That's what this phony campaign finance reform bill will mean if it becomes law, which is why there is a huge debate going on inside the Bush White House over whether the president should veto or sign the bill. It appears right now the president is going to sign the thing - and this is what's troubling.
Mr. President, remember the brilliant address you made to the nation explaining our course of action in fighting world terrorism? I say the same kind of approach is called for with this deceptively named campaign finance reform bill. You enjoy an amazing level of trust with the American people. They trust you. They believe in your honesty and integrity. You could explain to them just why this bill is unconstitutional, and why it ought not ever see the light of day. The First Amendment has just been amended here in wanton violation of the Constitution.
Folks, when John McCain was running for president in the Republican primary, I said, "If Russia passed a new law that restricted free speech and competitive elections in the way that the McCain-Feingold bill does, and then claimed it was reform, our state department and human rights groups would denounce it as repression of the Russian people. The New York Times and Washington Post editorial pages would rail against these efforts as anti-Democratic - which they are." This bill is un-American, wrong and against freedom, and I say this knowing that it would make me even more powerful than I am now. Think about that.
President Bush has demonstrated that he has the resolve and the courage and the principle to face down the evil of terrorism. He's shown that he is committed to doing what's right regardless of what the European Union, congressional Democrats or even the media has to say about it. He's doing the right thing. He's following his instincts. Well, let me suggest that this assault on the Bill of Rights requires no less resolve and courage by the president to prevent a severe blow to our liberty.
To me, this is gut-check time, Mr. President. One of the major reasons you were supported over McCain back in the primary season in the year 2000 was your stand against this very bill. Stand up for free speech. Veto this bill.
Amen !
If a party is run by the whatever god is fashionable then there is no moral lamppost to guide that Party and will follow whoever or whatever is popular. The DemonicRat party has been sold to the Devil and for 8 years defended ever type of unethical or immoral behavior it’s leadership desired. They could always fall back on moral relativism and make any means or activity justify every end as long as they held onto power. We Christians watched the Rats defend payoffs from China in exchange for open access to our nuclear weapons secrets. We watched the White House pawned off to the highest bidder, whether they be spies, drug dealers, terrorists or whoever. If you had the cash you got entrance and no telling how many political and military favors were sold. We watched a President of the United States pawing and having sex with his underlings as the feminists screeched about consensual sex by the most powerful man in the world was ok. We watched woman after woman thrown down elevator shafts when they dared to speak up against getting fondled in the WH? Situational ethics are ok for feminags if he vetos the late term abortion bills.
We could go on and on about Elian and other miscarriages of justice or the harassment of Christian/Conservative groups by the IRS, but the point has been made. A Party who ignores it’s moral base is a Party at risk. The Republican Party should thank God that it has a group like the Christian Coalition who will and did stand up and take the bullets when we see the country going the wrong direction. We stood for the Party in South Carolina by defeating McCain and his Godless agenda and then took the wrath of PravdABC for that stand. We voted and worked in mass for GW Bush because we saw a man who was following God’s path in his life. We saw a man who was born again and was in the race because God called him. We knew that this man was to become one of the great Presidents of our time. You do not have to be accepted and fail Oxford or walk the ivory towers to be a great President and many would argue that intelligence is not the greatest asset to great leaders. Churchill was not a great thinker although a great drinker, however he inspired a world to stop an unstoppable foe. No, a truly great President must have the country’s welfare in front of his own. He must ignore the polls that measure his popularity and take unpopular stands to let the world know that he stands for something and this President has taken many unpopular stands, starting with tax cuts. A President who will not take a stand for anything is a clinton.
The Christian Coalition and other Conservative groups are now under attack from Emperor Dashole! While the country is under attack from real terrorists, the Emperor and his congress has decided the most important piece of legislation is not energy or defense but Campaign Finance Reform?? The President should veto this bill for no other reason than it is wasting the congress’ valuable time. Out of an energy company going banko from the worst energy crisis since 1974 we do not have time to discuss meaningful energy independence, but have to pass Campaign Finance. Only the SewerRats would come up with logic like that. Politics over the country every time! We need leadership now! It is time to take Do Nothing Dashole out to the woodshed along with the traitors in our own Party and tell them to quit putting Party and Politics in front of the country and get to work on the real issues. Any wimp can pass something as small as CF but it takes a real man to pass energy reform or cut spending. It is time for Texas Justice and teach those SewerRats why Texans always wear their boots. Why pass laws if the Rats can’t obey the ones we have on the books already? Do they need more laws, ethics and morals to break?
Pray for GW and the Truth
Go ahead, cheer me up. Give me some solid info pointing to a Bush veto.
There are two reasons I cannot stand McCain.
1. CFR - I believe this, for McCain, is about revenge more than anything--another matter.
2. His hatred of the religious right. When he bashed Falwell and Robertson, two imperfect people who courageously represent my political beliefs (and religious beliefs except for Robertson's faith healing stuff) he really scared me. From the reaction of my beloved fellow conservatives, he scared them too. That's why they went to the primary polls in droves until he was defeated.
These two issues, for McCain, are not seperate, in my opinion. He is angry over the Keating thing, that gave rise to CFR. However, I bet a history check would prove he's felt slighted by the religious right in a campaign too. He wants revenge. He definitely feels slighted by them in the presidential primaries. He wants to outlaw the speech they used to defeat him.
Ego and Power are a lethal combination.
Just find Rush insufferable lately.
That sounds like a quote from Klinkton not Bush
Excerpt:
Mr. President, remember the brilliant address you made to the nation explaining our course of action in fighting world terrorism? I say the same kind of approach is called for with this deceptively named campaign finance reform bill. You enjoy an amazing level of trust with the American people. They trust you. They believe in your honesty and integrity. You could explain to them just why this bill is unconstitutional, and why it ought not ever see the light of day. The First Amendment has just been amended here in wanton violation of the Constitution. . . . . . . .
To me, this is gut-check time, Mr. President. One of the major reasons you were supported over McCain back in the primary season in the year 2000 was your stand against this very bill. Stand up for free speech. Veto this bill.
As a matter of fact, my whole family spent many a day with signs on the streets of Miami during the election aftermath here in Florida. It was great.
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