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Republicans Cave on Campaign Finance
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| 3/19/02
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Posted on 03/18/2002 3:25:16 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: mwl1
What really kills me is they still have the gall to call and ask for MORE money.
The GOP is wasting their time calling and sending me fundraising letters.
To: TLBSHOW
How much longer until recess?
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
They will probably leave sometime before Easter and come back, say, Memorial Day for a few days of work and then take the month of June off.
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posted on
03/18/2002 5:25:49 PM PST
by
mwl1
To: MamaLucci
What really kills me is they still have the gall to call and ask for MORE money. The GOP is wasting their time calling and sending me fundraising letters. That's pretty much what I told 'em when they called this weekend. After the Republican House passed CFR, and the Republicans in the Senate appear to be rolling over for it, and they expect me to send them money. I don't think so.
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posted on
03/18/2002 5:28:06 PM PST
by
El Gato
To: MamaLucci
I don't live in the U.S. so I don't have to worry about all those gimmy letters. But, my father, who lived in Florida, was always receiving them. I finally took a few, and wrote in Crayola caryons, "go to hell," and mailed them back in their pre stamped envelopes stuffed with all the trash they had mailed to him. While I never told my father about it, I don't think he cared. Had I thought otherwise, I would not have done it.
To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
We have made an expensive mistake in more ways than not.He could be the next Supreme Court justice
My husband read this one early in the morning -- I suggest you make a double batch of soup, put some away in the freezer for future use.
To: MamaLucci
What really kills me is they still have the gall to call and ask for MORE money. The GOP is wasting their time calling and sending me fundraising letters Given the subject matter, do you see how contradictory your statement is?
I have been combing over this bill for the last two days and I think there are some really good things in there that the GOP has done. The one blatant violation of free speech is the electioneering portion and that is the portion most likely to be found unconstitutional so it will be a moot point. That part of the bill also covers a wide range of exceptions that pretty much ties the hands of direct party participation in the 60 day window before elections but it does not appear to restrict non-party affiliated groups from running ads.
The first of the good parts are the limits on soft money from both big business and labor. That is a double + for conservatives. While it is true that Business donates 70% of their money to the GOP, they also cover their bets by giving the dems the other 30%. The Unions and Hollyweird give 95% of their donations to democrats so that has always been a net advantage to the democrats.
The GOP has always had the edge in hard money donations and now those limits are being doubled, a substantial net gain for the conservatives. The foreign money donation loopholes are severely reduced or eliminated with this bill.
I dont believe that any democrat in the congress really wants this bill signed into law since, overall, the bill is better for the GOP than for them. I think that is why they put the electioneering portion into the bill in the first place. They are gambling that Bush vetoes the bill and they get to keep their beloved soft money plus get an issue in 2004. However if Bush signs it and that portion is struck down, they are stuck with essentially a net gain for the GOP. This could explain why Mitch McConnell is so quiet about this right now. If anyone thinks that McConnell is in favor of CFR has not been paying attention.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Veto bump!
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Folks, it is high time that President Bush invest some of that approval rating and BUY a couple of vowels; Daschle HAS to be neutralized.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
On James Carville's wall.......
Republicans Cave Stupid!!!
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posted on
03/18/2002 5:59:14 PM PST
by
AdA$tra
To: Texasforever
The unions and the RATS have no intention of abiding by any limits on soft money. They will cheat and break the law. They have always broken election laws and always will.
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posted on
03/18/2002 5:59:43 PM PST
by
mwl1
To: Texasforever
The bill will not favor the GOP. The RATS will cheat.
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posted on
03/18/2002 6:00:31 PM PST
by
mwl1
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Thar must be some info in dem FBI files.
To: pray4liberty
Every time I see the Republicans cave on something, I see Bill Clinton looking through FBI files.
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posted on
03/18/2002 6:04:05 PM PST
by
AdA$tra
To: AdA$tra
Call me Miss Cleo.
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posted on
03/18/2002 6:04:38 PM PST
by
AdA$tra
To: Texasforever
Thank you for your analysis. I haven't read much but selected portions of the bill.
However, I see that this "Republicans will cave" theoroy is derived from the statements of ONE Republican aide. Which person would he be the aide for...John McCain?
To: MississippiDeltaDawg
Thank you for the article. I just read it. You are correct. I need to cook up a HUGE batch of chick soup. I am putting on my flame suit for what I have to say Bush is our first Mexican president although he cant speak Spanish though he thinks he does.
To: Texasforever
I have no intention of supporting, financially or otherwise,
ANY politician that votes for this or any other unconstitutional legislation. Period.
To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
That's a lot more creative than my technique...I just file them in the circular. ;)
To: Texasforever
Oh there's more than one unconstitutional aspect to this bill Tex.
The media is exempted which violates equal protection and the Indians are exempted which also violates equal protection.
The bill allows 10,000 in every locality in America in soft money. I have no idea how many localities there are but that adds up to a heck of a lot of walking around, buying votes money for the dims.
But most of all, its just more balogna. Money finds collateral paths, always has, always will.
I can back this CFR:
Unlimited donations by American citizens and immediate reporting of those donations.
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posted on
03/18/2002 6:10:42 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
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