Posted on 03/24/2002 11:37:17 PM PST by TLBSHOW
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters) -
President Bush (news - web sites) said on Sunday he would sign landmark campaign finance reform legislation with only a slight hesitation, reflecting his ongoing concerns about the measure.
"I won't hesitate" signing it, Bush said at a joint news conference with Salvadoran President Francisco Flores as the president wrapped up a four-day trip to Latin America. "It will probably take about three seconds to get to the W, I may hesitate on the period, and then rip through the Bush."
The legislation to reduce the influence of money in politics won final congressional approval last week, and Bush has pledged to sign it soon.
The bill would ban unlimited contributions known as "soft money" to national political parties, limit such donations to state and local parties and restrict broadcast ads by outside groups shortly before elections.
Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr, whose investigation of Bill Clinton's sex life resulted in the president's impeachment in 1998, is to lead a legal challenge that will seek to knock down most of the measure as unconstitutional.
Bush said he felt the campaign bill did not fully address the need to require identification of who is funding so-called independent groups that introduce "scurrilous, untrue" television advertisements in the last days of a campaign, as he said happened to him in his 2000 presidential campaign.
"I've always thought that people who pump money into the political system, we ought to know who they are," he said.
Bush said that nonetheless the "bill is a better bill than the current system," but that some parts of it might not stand up to a court challenge.
President Bush, you're following your dads footsteps that lead out of the White House.
Just a nut.
Maybe it takes that long to copy it from the waistband of his underwear..
This from another thread by kristinn head of the DC Chapter of FRee Republic.com
His decision to sign the bill has kicked up a firestorm of dissent in the conservative community, including a scathing editorial by The Washington Times and a letter from the American Conservative Union signed by 60 conservative leaders.
Maybe you prefer a resident Gephardt ? In any event just think about having the likes of Chatlie Rangle, Teddy Kennedy, Waters, Lee, Dashole, et al running the entire government. Bet you just can't wait. Panting, are you ? Of course you are !
You and your ilk just LOVE being miserable. An empty glass is oh so much better than one 1/4. 1/2 , or 3/4 full. You yearn to have absolutely NOTHING you want . When they take away your gun rights, raise your taxes, and 9/10ths of your pay, you better NOT complain; you'll have asked for it !
Oh, and don't you dare give me that tired hand job about " standig on your principles ", and " there not being a dime's worth of difference between the 2 major parties . " THAT WON'T WASH ! You're a political naif, enjoy cutting your nose off to spite your face, and really haven't a clue about political machinations.
Were you a clinton apologist?
You don't understand this Bill, you don't want to understand the reasoning behind President Bush signing it. Wven when it has been explained over and over and over to you, you won't even soberly look at the replies.
Since joining FR, the ONLY thing that YOU have done, is to post your own or taken up massive amounts of other threads to bash Bush !
YOU'RE A ONE TRICK PONY AND THIS IS A DOG AND PONY SHOW ; JOHNNY ONE NOTE !
Your nothing but a wind-up doll; preprogramed. You NEVER say anything, on FR, unless it is to bash Bush. You're a tired, sick joke.
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