GOP Greases Skids to Sink Campaign Finance Bill

CNSNews.com ^ | 2/20/02 | Jeff Johnson

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Exactly! And you should not have the right to buy a car so that you can drive your lazy arse to the locale where you want to exercise your "free" speech.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Exactly! And you should not have the right to buy a car so that you can drive your lazy arse to the locale where you want to exercise your "free" speech.

And you shouldn't be able to rent a bus in order to bring along a group of like-minded individuals. It's just not fair to people who have to walk.

[Walkin Man]

I hope the President does the right thing and kills this bill. Will McCain and the other Repub RINO's stand by the President and leader of their party or join in the demoRat demagoguery that will surely follow the veto of this unconstitutional bill?

[YaYa123]

oops, I didn't see your reply or I would have included you in my reply to valin and someone else.

[justanotherfreeper]

Here's the link to your article: Congressman Billybob's Article: "Why the Supreme Court will Reject Campaign 'Reform'"

But what about all the portions of the bill that aren't free speech issues, but hurt the GOP? The dems started plotting on how to take advantage of these non-free speech related changes before the bill was passed last week. The Hill has an article on it -- House Dems make plans to circumvent campaign reform SCOTUS will only overturn banning third parties from advertising, they won't overturn the ban on soft money to the national parties (how we fight the unions), they won't overturn "jail time for volunteers" provision, etc. etc. Gephardt isn't dumb, he knows what they'd leave alone and what they'd overturn -- and it isn't good for us. Am I wrong? (Man, I hope so.)

[sakic]

I always get a kick out of how small minded people automatically suggest that wealthy individuals are the big influence behind politics.

Calling people small minded while denying the overwhelming influence of large companies and the wealthy on our government might have taken us to a never before reached level of irony.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

The more precise analogy is that you shouldn't be able to find a group of like-minded individuals, pool your money to rent a bus, and drive it to a public place to voice your "free" speech.

[sakic]

I'm not trying to fix the world. I'm pointing out the stupidities and inconsistencies of the world.

[angry beaver norbert]

No, some groups need a good a$$ kicking.

[sakic]

When did nude dancing morph into speech

An interesting question. Personally I don't think it is free speech. If you think it is then your contention that money equals speech is consistent.

[Cincinatus]

I'm not trying to fix the world. I'm pointing out the stupidities and inconsistencies of the world.

Bully for you. And what do you do with the rest of your obviously copious spare time?

[sakic]

And you should not have the right to buy a car

People shouldn't be allowed to buy cars?

[sakic]

And you shouldn't be able to rent a bus in order to bring along a group of like-minded individuals.

The connection to free speech in your statement is?

[M. Thatcher]

I'd say some citizen groups need a good muzzling!!

Anyone who would even type such a thing has no clue about what this country is.

You should literally be ashamed of yourself. Frankly, this sentence is the single most obscene thing I have ever read on FreeRepublic.

[sakic]

Bully for you. And what do you do with the rest of your obviously copious spare time?

Besides pointing out your stupidities, I work.

BTW, you seem to have quite a bit of free time yourself. The fact that you had to get nasty and personally attack sheds a little bit of light on your inability to argue the issue at hand. If you choose to get nasty you get treated the same way. Just like in real life.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

You are kidding, right?

[Cincinatus]

What I wrote was a "personal attack??" You must be a liberal -- only they are so sensitive.

There's nothing to argue with you about. But do go ahead and tilt at those windmills. They might be giants.

[RAT Patrol]

I'd say some citizen groups need a good muzzling!! You don't muzzle everyone because of the offenses of a few. You fight bad speech with good speech. Bad deeds build bad reputations. There is so much crap spoken in Washington maybe we should just ban political speech altogether. It is not the principle our country was built on. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater (or whatever).

[sakic]

I didn't say I was hurt or angry by what you wrote to me. I merely pointed out that your words failed to address the issue and instead addressed my copious free time.

[sakic]

Nope. Not kidding. No one has addressed my questions about the Supreme Court. Would you like to give it a try?