[Mark Bahner]

Guess what, the Republican/conservative message doesn't get out due to the major media outlets, so your "talking point" goes nowhere. The reality of the situation (which apparently you choose to ignore) is that most Americans only know what the major media tells them. For them, the talking point WOULD have been President Bush and the Repubs are against meaningful campaign finance reform.

BS. President Bush calls all major network news departments (or simply CNN). He says, "I want 30 minutes for an interview, to tell the American people why this bill is completely unconstitutional...and I'll be happy to shoot the breeze about a few other issues." I absolutely guarantee you every news department would be falling all each other to have the exclusive rights to that interview. If you don't like that...go to Larry King, or Chris Mathews. They'd probably have heart attacks--well, at least Larry King would--with the excitement of having an exclusive with the President of the United States.

To say that the President of the United States can't get his message out is nonsense. He can, if he wants to. Bush doesn't want anybody to know about CFR, because he KNOWS he's violating a campaign promise...and more importantly, the U.S. Constitution.

He could of been a contenda...a champion of free speech...instead of a bum.

[cidrasm]

Did you just seriously suggest the President give an unsupervised/uncontrolled interview with the major media? Think about that for a second or two. Think about the pains they go through right now twisting the few mangled words he utters in a public forum.