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To: jgrubbs
I pray you are right and this silence is Bush's poker face.

Me too! He's letting the people know who is with him, and who's with the dems ( or other parties out to discredit him). That is punishment for trying to pass this thing. He will send it back. It's unconstitutional, and there's nothing there he asked for. He will not let the union thing go, either.

68 posted on 02/21/2002 12:02:00 PM PST by concerned about politics
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To: concerned about politics
If he doesn't veto, and puts his signature on this bill, we need to "discredit him".
69 posted on 02/21/2002 12:04:09 PM PST by jgrubbs
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Well, I think Bush will probably sign this bill, and that the SupCt will eventually throw it out as being unconstitutional, or at least that part about the 60 day rule. Then there will be lots of money flowing to private groups, like the Club for Growth, NRA, etc. instead of directly to the parties.

In the meanwhile, what can Freepers do? Simple. Apply the law. File a mess of lawsuits against anyone exercising their free speech rights. If some website has an ad for or an endorsement of a Democratic candidate, you take 'em to court (in the words of Doug Lewellyn of the People's Court). Because that's a violation of the bill. Then take it a step further by challenging the law. Sue to stop newspaper editorials, on the grounds that allowing newspaper editorials while not allowing independent groups to advertise is a violation of the equal protection clause. I'm not a lawyer, but I imagine that some lawyers out in the great big world could have some real fun with this! There must be some location in the country without a daily paper but with TV coverage (because the bill explicitly allows newspapers but not television ads).

Next, let's show the evils of the database of contributors. Currently, there are these databanks of all these donors online. Let's band together and make a website that reveals all kinds of information about the donors, in an effort to get these lists removed. Download and database the donor lists. Not difficult. Then cross reference them with domania.com or whatever to get the amount that they paid for their houses and integrate this online. Link in their telephone numbers through Yahoo or some other online phone book. The aim here is to get people so mad about this they demand an end to frivolous disclosure.

75 posted on 02/21/2002 12:13:31 PM PST by Koblenz
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