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Who wins and who loses under campaign finance bill
CNN.com ^
| March 20, 2002
| CNN Staff
Posted on 03/22/2002 10:32:00 AM PST by Luis Gonzalez
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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National parties: Opponents argue that the national parties will be the big losers because they will be deprived of unregulated "soft money" contributions, which amounted to $500 million in the 2000 presidential election. Candidates would have to look elsewhere for support, probably reducing the party's influence. Supporters say the law would force the parties to reach out to less affluent donors and expand grass-roots activities, eventually making the parties stronger.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Free Republic; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; cfr
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To: PRND21
FYI
To: Luis Gonzalez
George Bush and I are both losers. I lose my right to free speech, and he loses my trust forever.
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posted on
03/22/2002 10:38:32 AM PST
by
Maceman
To: Luis Gonzalez
THE CONSTITUTION
LOSES
To: Maceman
Funny, I would have thought that you would have lost trust in the people who actually wrote the bill as well.
To: Luis Gonzalez
CNN and others of it's ilk win.......honest decent Americans lose.
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posted on
03/22/2002 10:45:50 AM PST
by
OldFriend
To: Luis Gonzalez
Why is CFR bad law?
How does it violate my free speech?
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posted on
03/22/2002 10:48:33 AM PST
by
PRND21
To: Luis Gonzalez
Isn't this nice. Now that the bill has passed, the media decides its time to tell us what's in it. GRRRRRRRRR
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posted on
03/22/2002 10:50:56 AM PST
by
dittomom
To: PRND21
It doesn't. There are some who want you to believe it does, but in effect it doesn't. See the section "The First Amendment," above.
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posted on
03/22/2002 10:53:59 AM PST
by
eaglebeak
To: Luis Gonzalez;carlo3b;LadyX,Billie,ofMagog,COB1,scuttlebutt,parsifal,Fred Mertz,Snow Bunny
But advocacy groups could benefit if corporations and other large donors, banned from giving money to political parties, divert contributions to them.Ah ha, so it moves money to the eco-whackos and nets a tax deduction to boot.
To: razorback-bert
groups and individuals can still run issue ads if they use hard money and disclose the source of the ads THIS is a denial of free speech? Horse feathers! The people in the media who declare that all ads have been banned during the final campaign days are LYING.
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To: razorback-bert
Aren't pro-life groups advocacy groups as well?
To: Recovering_Democrat
Could you tell me how?
To: Luis Gonzalez
I won't say I won't support him in the future, but my support is WAYYYYYY DOWN.
This may get rid of McCain (BIG maybe), but it will bring back Buchannan in a big way.
To: So_Tired
"...groups and individuals can still run issue ads if they use hard money and disclose the source of the ads."Isn't that "everyone else"?
To: Luis Gonzalez
Yes, as is the NRA.
To: bigjoesaddle
Read up on the consequences. What I've read has forced me to maintain an open mind.
To: Luis Gonzalez
Good Lord, Luis. If you haven't been following the issue enough to know, nothing I will say can help you on this.
To: Miss Marple; Howlin; PhiKapmom; Dog Gone; sinkspur
FYI... a little more of the bill's impacts
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:05:03 AM PST
by
deport
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