If he signs this bill, I will not vote for him in 2004.
If he signs this bill, I won't vote for him even if he's running against Hillary Clinton -- because then I will have the choice between someone who will gut the bill of rights and someone who did gut the bill of rights.
And I won't vote for either of those choices.
Interesting senario you have there... A democratic tidal wave yet President Bush is narrowly elected after signing a bill. Hmmmmmm. Guess the locals take it out on their Congress critters but leave the President alone. Yep makes perfectly good sense to me.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/631793/posts
...but it deserves repeating....
How sad that the Republican party is so weak. Even in victory they are defeated by the Dems.
Care to give some examples to back up your accusation?
Could someone post that article seperately in News? I have been trying and every time I get the article set up and hit preview, the "can't find server" page comes up, I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I have to trust him to do what he thinks is the right thing to do. I admit, I will be crushed if he signs a bill that is so blatantly un-Constitutional in that it limits a private citizen's right to political dissent during the most crucial time of all----prior to elections.
Shays-Meehan has stripped away our means of exposing the difference between what an incumbent says & what he does during this crucial time. If an incumbent is afraid to run on his record, he knows his record serves someone other than his constituents. His record should be able to stand up to public scrutiny.
I will continue my own personal lobbying with my Senators and the White House & pray that the Constitution will prevail on principle and not because SCOTUS had to make Congress follow the Constitution.
If the GOP and the President are willing to gamble on what SCOTUS would rule, perhaps it is time for Americans to leave the GOP en masse and donate time, money, effort & VOTES to the Constitutional Party.
I, too, fear what could happen in legislation during that 60 day time period. Someone tried to point out that is unlikely, because Congress is usually in recess during that time so they can campaign. I would point out that water flows through cracks, bears sh!!t in the woods, and Congress exploits unintended consequences. Jeffords waited until after he was elected as a member of the GOP to switch....I call it fraud. Dems called it "brave." I have no doubt those 60 days will be used to slip things through.
BTW, if they are so concerned about the corrupting influence of money in politics, why are they whoring for money now with the orgies of fund raisers scheduled before now & November? Both Bill & Hillary are going to be the starring whores for the dems. Bill at the Apollo in Harlem. Just a little hypocritical, I would think.
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A further Mini-Editorial!
Folks, these clowns, corrupters, and frauds in Congress are trying to silence YOU!
Wake up, dammit!
Rush and Hannity and all the hosts in the world can inveigh against this garbage day and night, but unless you actually do something about it, it will not matter one tiny iota!
Now is the time! If not now, when? When they arrest your wife or kids for "improper speech?"
Get off your butts and send some emails and faxes. Write letters, especially letters to editors.
Call talk shows- the local ones are easy to get on and reach a lot more people than you may realize.
This- right here, this "issue"- is where the rubber meets the road...
There are over 70,000 members here, and I know each of you knows at least two or three more people you can tell about this-- so do it! Now!
And tell them to tell 2 more people, and tell them to "pass this on to 2 more..."
The right to speak freely is as fundamental to a free society as the right to defend yourself against unprovoked attack. This is a frontal assault on your liberty and the freedom of your children and spouse.
It's time to move out, folks- march, or die....
Here's a Note to Activists:
Want to do something? Go here:
Ignorance Making You Ill? Cure It!
for links, tools, & instructions about how to contact a pile of different people, and how to send a link to this story right here ( or anywhere else ) to a "mass email" using Outlook Express.
I say again, people- it's time to speak up- or be forever silenced!
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But that does not excuse Bush's less-than-courageous decision not to expend political capital to go after clinton corruption. Not to do so threatens democracy--perhaps more slowly--but just as surely as terrorism does. In fact, it would not be a stretch to call the clinton crimes "domestic terrorism." Frankly, the incestuous, dynastic, professional nature of the current political structure, together with the clintons' limitless access to dark secrets via Filegate, etc., suggest an even less honorable reason than simple politics for the decision "to move on." |
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"...are urging Bush to sign the bill..."
"...the president will probably sign the bill..."
"...his aides think signing..."
"...his aides are sometimes reported to think that signing the bill..."
No where does it say Bush will or has signed the bill, but the left is doing everything in their power to make it 'appear' that this is a done deal.
It is not. It is real bad medicene. Bad voodoo. Our Founding Fathers wrote a simple, easily understood First Amendment. They gave it A#1 status. For the men and women in Congress who violated the Constitution and their oath of office by voting to pass it, is bad enough. They all know it. They all know they aren't going to clean up their miserable acts of chicanery and are schemeing for ways to slither around the legislation already.
For our President to add his good name to it would be crushing to the faith and trust that I have placed in him as a an honorable man and respect as a sterling leader. But, somehow I think President Bush is A#1 hombre and will step up to the podium and shout a resounding "NO WAY will I allow Congress to stifle and muzzle the good citizens of this great nation free speech rights protected by the Constitution. Many of you in Congress are a bunch of idiots if you think I'm going to support this piece of stinking garbage. Now send me legislation that shows you have the courage to stop the corruption problems you speak of but never will I sign a bill that penalizes the citizens of this country for participating in the political process. I've given you the framework of which I can agree upon. Anything short of that or anything beyond that is DOA."
Bad law must be overturned by courage and candor. CFR makes me gag as much as it seeks to gag me as an actively aware citizen which is counter to what President George W. Bush said in his Inaugural Speech, January 20, 2001:
The same applies to those elected few in Congress who wish to repress our hope for freedom while doing all they can to to protect, defend, enhance and enrich their own careers and ambitions.
What I find interesting about this legislation that the penalties are severe for violation of CFR. Just as in Mrs. Clinton's hopes and dreams for overthrowing our freedom in selecting health care, her health care proposal contained heavy fines and severe consequences if a free citizen were to go against her dictates. The same with CFR. Why is it elected, and some unelected, officials can't wait to muzzle, imprison, levy fines, remove, confiscate, delete, eradicate, our rights, our property, our freedom, our Consitution? Do they seek to impose fear upon a free people? Will there be a time in our history that the American people will dread the midnight knock on the door by secret police because they dared speak out against a candidate for elected office?
Why are there no penalites for the elected men and women who willfully wantonly violate our Constitution?
We are in a war between two completely different visions of reality. The Democrats see this clearly and so do Conservatives.
Conventional Republicans (such as Bush, Sr.) do not see it at all. They are moderate "consensus builders" and "better managers". That works for municipal government, but not for the nation's President.
We are about to find out if the son can transcend the father. If he does not, we may win the war on terror but lose our nation anyway.
I hope it's just smoke and mirrors or he has some kind of a plan ( please tell me he does ).
If Bush signs that un-Constitutional piece of garbage I won't just NOT vote for a Republican again,
I will do everything in my power to defeat them ( us ) in the feature.