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Bush Says Will Sign Campaign Finance Bill ( NEWS CONFERENCE, El Salvador )
REUTERS ^ | 3/24/2002 | REUTERS

Posted on 03/24/2002 11:37:17 PM PST by TLBSHOW

Bush Says Will Sign Campaign Finance Bill

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters) -

President Bush (news - web sites) said on Sunday he would sign landmark campaign finance reform legislation with only a slight hesitation, reflecting his ongoing concerns about the measure.

"I won't hesitate" signing it, Bush said at a joint news conference with Salvadoran President Francisco Flores as the president wrapped up a four-day trip to Latin America. "It will probably take about three seconds to get to the W, I may hesitate on the period, and then rip through the Bush."

The legislation to reduce the influence of money in politics won final congressional approval last week, and Bush has pledged to sign it soon.

The bill would ban unlimited contributions known as "soft money" to national political parties, limit such donations to state and local parties and restrict broadcast ads by outside groups shortly before elections.

Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr, whose investigation of Bill Clinton's sex life resulted in the president's impeachment in 1998, is to lead a legal challenge that will seek to knock down most of the measure as unconstitutional.

Bush said he felt the campaign bill did not fully address the need to require identification of who is funding so-called independent groups that introduce "scurrilous, untrue" television advertisements in the last days of a campaign, as he said happened to him in his 2000 presidential campaign.

"I've always thought that people who pump money into the political system, we ought to know who they are," he said.

Bush said that nonetheless the "bill is a better bill than the current system," but that some parts of it might not stand up to a court challenge.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; campaignfinance
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1 posted on 03/24/2002 11:37:17 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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I won't be voting for GW in the next election. He knows what he is doing is unconstitutional, thus he knows he is doing wrong by the American people, and yet, he won't back down.

President Bush, you're following your dads footsteps that lead out of the White House.

2 posted on 03/24/2002 11:42:23 PM PST by antidemocommie
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To: TLBSHOW
I only hope there's some advantage here that the rest of us don't see. I certainly don't see it. Looks like a big fat defeat for Republican principles to me. But then, who am I? Just an average voter. Probably just don't know any better.
3 posted on 03/24/2002 11:44:34 PM PST by samtheman
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To: antidemocommie
Gosh a new form of opus.
4 posted on 03/24/2002 11:46:06 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
Are you the local bully? Or just a nut?
5 posted on 03/24/2002 11:50:35 PM PST by antidemocommie
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To: antidemocommie
Are you the local bully? Or just a nut?

Just a nut.

6 posted on 03/24/2002 11:52:00 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
"It will probably take about three seconds to get to the W, I may hesitate on the period, and then rip through the Bush."
7 posted on 03/24/2002 11:53:35 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: TLBSHOW

Maybe it takes that long to copy it from the waistband of his underwear..

8 posted on 03/24/2002 11:54:47 PM PST by Jhoffa_
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To: TLBSHOW
What was he thinking when he said those words?
9 posted on 03/24/2002 11:56:27 PM PST by antidemocommie
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To: TLBSHOW
Yeah I read that on the OTHER thread. Why the need for two?
10 posted on 03/24/2002 11:58:07 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: antidemocommie;samtheman
If he thinks it is a joke?

This from another thread by kristinn head of the DC Chapter of FRee Republic.com

His decision to sign the bill has kicked up a firestorm of dissent in the conservative community, including a scathing editorial by The Washington Times and a letter from the American Conservative Union signed by 60 conservative leaders.

11 posted on 03/25/2002 12:02:21 AM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: Texasforever
There is still time for him to do the right thing. Veto the commie rat infested Bill.
12 posted on 03/25/2002 12:07:20 AM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: antidemocommie
Yep, and YOU will just LOVE having to live with President Hitlery Clinton, won't you ? You salivate over that prospect. You can't wait for her to raise taxes, dismantle the military, and put Mad 1/2 bright in charge of the war on terror. RIGHT ?

Maybe you prefer a resident Gephardt ? In any event just think about having the likes of Chatlie Rangle, Teddy Kennedy, Waters, Lee, Dashole, et al running the entire government. Bet you just can't wait. Panting, are you ? Of course you are !

You and your ilk just LOVE being miserable. An empty glass is oh so much better than one 1/4. 1/2 , or 3/4 full. You yearn to have absolutely NOTHING you want . When they take away your gun rights, raise your taxes, and 9/10ths of your pay, you better NOT complain; you'll have asked for it !

Oh, and don't you dare give me that tired hand job about " standig on your principles ", and " there not being a dime's worth of difference between the 2 major parties . " THAT WON'T WASH ! You're a political naif, enjoy cutting your nose off to spite your face, and really haven't a clue about political machinations.

13 posted on 03/25/2002 12:11:37 AM PST by nopardons
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To: TLBSHOW
I won't be voting for Squish in '04.
14 posted on 03/25/2002 12:21:30 AM PST by ambrose
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To: nopardons
Principles.
15 posted on 03/25/2002 12:30:47 AM PST by antidemocommie
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To: antidemocommie;nopardons
Oh come on, your from the du. Just admit it. I would attack you with a good one but no pardons took care of all that. See ya, Rush will be on soon.

President Bush Jokes About Signing Unconstitutional CFR Bill


16 posted on 03/25/2002 12:37:51 AM PST by TLBSHOW
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How many personas do you have, actually? If you've read many of my posts, you know that I can't stand the "head in the sand" crowd. No principles, and no courage. Just a bunch of followers.

Were you a clinton apologist?

17 posted on 03/25/2002 12:49:39 AM PST by antidemocommie
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To: antidemocommie
" PRINCIPLES " aren't worth a damn, when they lead to the election of the likes of Clinton. I am just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO fed up with you and yodur ilk moaning and possing about your so called " principles " ! You haven't got any " principles " ! You are a baby, an infant, who purposefully would do yourself and your country injurey, without turning a hair, just because you can't get 100 % of everything you imagine you want, and don't even know why you want it.

You don't understand this Bill, you don't want to understand the reasoning behind President Bush signing it. Wven when it has been explained over and over and over to you, you won't even soberly look at the replies.

Since joining FR, the ONLY thing that YOU have done, is to post your own or taken up massive amounts of other threads to bash Bush !

YOU'RE A ONE TRICK PONY AND THIS IS A DOG AND PONY SHOW ; JOHNNY ONE NOTE !

18 posted on 03/25/2002 12:49:59 AM PST by nopardons
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To: antidemocommie
Unlike you, TBLS is just one person, and we all know that he is a Coservative. He is also far more than a one dementional cartoon character; as you are.

Your nothing but a wind-up doll; preprogramed. You NEVER say anything, on FR, unless it is to bash Bush. You're a tired, sick joke.

19 posted on 03/25/2002 12:53:52 AM PST by nopardons
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To: TLBSHOW
The idiot is giving mass powers to the mass media that hates him with a vengeance.
20 posted on 03/25/2002 1:01:48 AM PST by lavaroise
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