[Wphile]

Gimme a break. Don't you know the first rule in politics? It's called POWER. Without the power, nothing can be done. That doesn't mean selling your soul but it does mean getting elected.

By signing this stupid law, Bush forces it to the courts. The courts will throw out the bad parts (I am confident of this) and at that point, the issue will be dead. Without a court ruling, the Dems and McCains will continue on their holy quest for complete public financing of campaigns. This had to be stopped and the best way to do so is through the court.

It's stinks but it's reality.

[Protagoras]

It's called POWER. Without the power, nothing can be done.

It's now clear that this President values power over freedom. Power over the 1st amendment. Power over the constitution. Power over the lives of the many who have given their lives in the last 226 years so we would have the right to say whatever we want about the government or its elected officials.

Power is valued by him above all else.

He was a bad President, now he is a traitor.

[dixiechick2000]

"Without a court ruling, the Dems and McCains will continue on their holy quest for complete public financing of campaigns."

This has been the CFR crowd's ultimate goal all along. Hopefully, the court ruling will shut them down.

[SUSSA]

The courts will throw out the bad parts (I am confident of this) and at that point, the issue will be dead. Without a court ruling, the Dems and McCains will continue on their holy quest for complete public financing of campaigns.

This is a myth. The Supreme Court already ruled that spending is speech. That didn't stop them from writing and passing this unconstitutional law. They just keep bringing it back whether it's vetoed or the Court slaps it down.

However, Bush said that the president has a DUTY to veto bills he thinks are unconstitutional. When he signed this bill he shirked his duty by his own admission.

No amount of spin will change the facts. George decided to shirk his duty.