Posted on 06/20/2006 2:32:24 PM PDT by TSchmereL
"As Republicans, we strongly believe in freedom, including freedom of expression and association. We campaigned for office on the principles of a limited and constitutional government. As elected officials we took an oath of office to 'support this Constitution'," the letter's opening states. "The First Amendment's dictates are a model of clarity."
And indeed they are: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech."
But perhaps Allen & Co. didn't get the memo. The modern Republican Party can't quite grasp the plain meaning of the Constitution. After all, its leader, President Bush, signed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, acknowledging that he believed it to be unconstitutional -- and leaving it to a bunch of well-known activist judges on the Supreme Court to figure out.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
I hope he is not too good to get nominated.
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