Posted on 03/20/2002 1:06:31 PM PST by diotima
Hand written note faxed!
I know if Gore had been elected, there would be no CFR now, but that's because America wouldn't exist by now! A traitorous Conservative is still less of an evil than a Liberal.
Subject: Mr. President, veto this bill!
To: president@whitehouse.gov
Dear Mr. President,
I would like to thank you for the outstanding job you have been doing to further the cause of freedom in the United States and around the world.
On September 11, your country was assailed by a merciless, brutal, suicidal, and cowardly enemy, intent on destroying the United States and, with it, the spirit of excellence your country has come to symbolize.
Under another president, the vicious ambitions of this cowardly enemy may have been fulfilled. As Edmund Burke reminded us, "All that is necessary for evil to triump is for good men to do nothing."
Mr. President, you did not let evil triumph after September 11. You knew what had to be done, and you did it, even though there were voices in your country and elsewhere that positively questioned your sanity for what you were doing. You did not need to be given a lesson on what was sane and what was not, and may God bless you for it!
Today, your constitutional republic is once again being threatened. Does the First Amendment to the United States Constitution not clearly prescribe that "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech" ? Is not the very core of the intent of this provision to allow unrestricted campaigning before elections? Would the bill that has been put before you not restrict campaigning before elections?
In addition to being unconstitutional, this bill is also dramatically anti-Conservative. It bans paid advertisements, but it does not silence those voices I spoke of earlier ... the voices that question your sanity whenever you do the right thing. Mr. President, I can assure you: those voices mean business! Remember what Mr. Goldberg had to say in his book "Bias" !
Yes, you will be disparaged, criticized, condemned, reviled, and denigrated if you veto this bill. In other words, you will be given a bad press. Do not let this mislead you; whenever Conservatives do the right thing, they get a bad press. Do not let this discourage you; the Liberal press does not represent the views of your voters--after all, your voters are Conservatives, are they not?
Yes, Mr. President, if you do the right thing now, you will get a bad press. If you fail to do the right thing now, you will get a bad press whenever you attempt to do the right thing in the future. And the counterbalance will fail you when you need it most: before elections!
Mr. President, do not be like those failed terrorists: do not be cowardly, and do not be suicidal! The future belongs to the strong, whoever that may be. Please let it be you!
Yours truly
Roland Horvath
Hungary
Bump!
Dear Mr. President,
To put it very simply, I strongly urge you to veto the currently proposed campaign finance reform bill. Clearly, many parts of the bill are unconstitutional. Knowing, as you undoubtedly do, that the constitutionality of the bill will be challenged and most probably find its way to The Supreme Court, you are opening a can of worms best left alone. Indeed, if The Supreme Court does not strike it down, then you, Mr. President, will be recorded in history as the one who signed into law the first of what will most certainly be many erosions of our First Amendment rights. History will also record you as a true heir to your father's dynasty; one whose lips are not fit to be read.
Mr. President, I am a life-long conservative. My initial hesitancy to support you as a candidate for president, in favor of those I believed more conservative, is returning. You will find I am not alone.
With all due respect, sir, I understand compromise is a way of life in our nation's capital. Some ideals, though, are too precious to be compromised. This is one of them. Again, I urge you to veto the proposed campaign finance reform bill.
Respectfully,
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Crude, yet ingenious. Well said.
You cannot possibly be serious.
Lots of people think it is. It just hasn't been challenged. Neither has this bill, as it is not yet a law.
I have followed the news on this issue and have learned that it is believed to be unconstitutional for several reasons, The most common being violation of the free speech ammendment.
When stripped of the unconstitutional sections, the remaining portions of the bill double hard money. Republicans win in hard money contributions.
In the end, after the SCOTUS moves, we win. Therefore, it's ok to sign the bill.
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