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My email to the President:
Dear Mr. President,
I believe that your veto of HR 2356, the so-called "campaign finance reform" bill currently in Congress, is imperative should this false and dangerous legislation make it to your desk. Its proponents have labeled it with a feel-good title, giving cover to its details, which blatantly violate our First Amendment right to free speech. Those same proponents went so far as to acknowledge the unconstitutional elements of the bill during the House debate, yet passed it in spite of this. They added elements which merely serve their own grandstanding and political self-interest, while robbing the common citizen of their most basic Constitutional rights. It is a dangerous lie, and one which must go no further.
Undoubtedly there are many arguments to be made for and against a veto. Some may caution you against the political fallout resulting from such action. They may advise you to sign it into law, letting the US Supreme Court reject it on its blatant unconstitutionality. However, it is not the place of a strong leader to take the moral low road, and let the responsibility of upholding the US Constitution to someone else. You have shone as a leader since the day you took office, and it is your duty as that leader to act decisively on this issue. Contrary to what some may say, you will gain much in the eyes of the nation with your veto. You will be doing so in order to uphold the oath you swore to protect the US Constitution. You will be doing so to protect the rights and voting voice of the everyday citizen. And you will be upholding your promise to support true campaign finance reform, which this most assuredly is not.
Before exercising your veto, it is vital that you use this opportunity to address the nation, explaining in simple terms the details of this bill. Show them how it does nothing to improve campaign financing, and in fact makes it worse. Show them how it denies them the right to free speech, while empowering large organizations. Let everyone see it for what it is, a package of lies and restrictions cleverly disguised as "campaign finance reform." Then, let everyone once again see you for the leader that you are, taking decisive action with a veto which is in our nation's best interest.
Polls have shown that campaign finance reform is a low-priority item in the public's mind. Proponents of the bill have used this fact to sneak it through Congress. However, it is this same fact which will insure that the slight bit of negativity which may result from your veto will be small and short-lived, if it happens at all. On the contrary, I believe that the strength you show by stopping this abomination will gain, not lose, public opinion. You will again demonstrate the leadership you have shown consistently since taking office.
The issue is really quite simple. This bill does nothing for true campaign finance reform, and violates the most basic constitutional principles upon which our nation was founded. It not only is your duty to veto this abomination, it is the legal and moral right thing to do. When and if the time comes, please do so decisively for all our sakes.