Yesterdays Thread
What's Next for Campaign Finance
CATO Institute 4/6/04
John Samples
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1072749/posts Note: If you would like to be on/off this Campaign Finance Reform list let know
If you are interested in posting some of these threads please let me know
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Hugh & Series, Critical & Pulled by JimRob
Special to FreeRepublic | 17 December 2003 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)
This is nothing like the usual whine by someone whose post was pulled. JimRob pulled my previous thread for a good reason. "If direct fund-raising were permitted on FR, it would soon be wall-to-wall fund-raising."
So, let's start again correctly. This is about civil disobedience to support the First Amendment and challenge the TERRIBLE CFR decision of the Supreme Court to uphold a terrible law passed by Congress and signed by President Bush.
All who are interested in an in-your-face challenge to the 30- and 60-day ad ban in the Campaign Finance "Reform" Act, please join in. The pattern is this: I'm looking for at least 1,000 people to help the effort. I will run the ad, and risk fines or jail time to make it work -- AND get national support.
But there should be NO mentions of money in this thread, and not in Freepmail either. This is JimRob's electronic home, and we should all abide his concerns.
Put your comments here. Click on the link above, and send me your e-mail addresses. I will get back to you by regular e-mail with the practical details.
This CAN be done. This SHOULD be done. But it MUST be done in accord with JimRob's guidelines.
Fair enough?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1042394/posts Update
I've already tested the idea of my in-your-face challenge ads, first in the print media and then deliberately illegal on TV, with certain editors I have a long relationship with. I could trust these two gentlemen, one in the print media and the other in the broadcast media, with a "heads up" on what I am planning. Both said they wanted to know, in advance, when I am about to do this.
The bottom line is clear. If I am willing to put my neck on the line, with the possibilities of a fine and jail time, THAT effort will put CFR back on the front page in all media. And that is part of the point. There's not much value of going in-your-face against the enemies of the First Amendment unless the press takes up the story and spreads the word. It is now clear they will do exactly that.
Update 2
QUICK PROGRESS REPORT, ANSWERING A SUPPORTER'S QUESTION:
We have about 15% of the needed 1,000 sign-ups.
Spread the word, direct folks to the front page link on my website.
Google-bomb the phrase "anti-CFR" directing readers to that page and link. (We're already #2 and #4 on Google.)
Target date is now August, since the NC primary looks to be put back to September. (Remember, the ad isn't illegal until the 29th day before the election.)
Cordially,
John / Billybob
Note if you are interested in more on this please contact Valin or Congressman Billybob
This is a nightmare.
"After all, a guilty party is one who runs an ad naming an elected official,..." Well, what if we don't name names? Just make an inference, like:
'That pot-bellied sucker who only wakes up when you wave Essence de-Jack Daniels under his nose and would never qualify as a live-saver at the beach,'
or
'That chic who can't tell the difference between an assault weapon and a bag of marbles,'
or
'That idiot who always looks like a dog which just got kicked out of the house and spent three weeks rummaging through the dump looking for some military momentos he threw away,'
or
That mousey-looking idjit who can sing 'We are the World' backwards and likes to hold hands with himself,
Or . . .
Sorry. Just musing to myself. Feel free to delete.
It is amazing to me, but also hopeful, that the raw material for your thread continues to percolate, 58 days after you began these threads. Fighting CFR is not a front-burner issue, but at least it is still on the political stove.
The real world has kept it alive, a little, and you, my friend, keep it alive here on FreeRepublic. Thank you again for that.
Cordially,
Congressman Billybob
Click here, then click the blue CFR button, to join the anti-CFR effort (or visit the "Hugh & Series, Critical & Pulled by JimRob" thread). Don't delay.
