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A BILLION BUCKS FREE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION BY THE DBM: WHERE IS MCCAIN ON FINANCE REFORM? (VANITY)
ABCNBCCBSCNNMSNBCCNBC | October 23, 2006 | Self

Posted on 10/23/2006 5:13:40 PM PDT by greyfoxx39

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To: greyfoxx39
Some times it is very depressing to think of all of the obstacles and the onslaught of never ending criticism that Republicans have to face just to get elected. That's the reason that I don't understand how they can act so cowardly once they are elected.
21 posted on 10/23/2006 5:47:23 PM PDT by CremeSaver
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To: greyfoxx39

I watched as Dan Rather anounced that Al Gore lost the election. I thought he was going to cry. LOL!


22 posted on 10/23/2006 5:49:46 PM PDT by Trteamer ( (Eat Meat, Wear Fur, Own Guns, FReep Leftists, Drive an SUV, Drill A.N.W.R., Drill the Gulf, Vote)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
"The news media behaved this way for the 2002 and 2004 elections. Their polls showed the Democrats were going to take over. Somehow, there is a silent majority out there who doesn't believe most of what they see or read in the news media"

YEAH, remember how SHOCKED and I mean SHOCKED after the elections the mediaWHORES with along with the RATS were when they finally figured out that the silent majority were the so-called CHRISTIAN FREAKS!! I LOVED IT!! And I already have the bubbly chilling for the shellacking we are going to impose on the DIRTY EVIL FUDGING VOMITS FROM HELL...DA RATS on election night....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that felt good!

23 posted on 10/23/2006 5:54:56 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: greyfoxx39
CNN is evidently (according to Blitzer) running a series
of "programs" (read hit-pieces) on how the US government
is broken

Yet,
Nothing about how the Dem's have said they've wanted it
that way since 1994....

Or,
How how they're planning to make Bush a Lame duck, along with our
entire Government for the next TWO years.

/Salute

24 posted on 10/23/2006 6:00:34 PM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: CremeSaver

It has always been a wonder to me that Republicans have always been just as zealous to cover up Democrat debacles and scandals as Democrats have been.


25 posted on 10/23/2006 6:01:20 PM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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To: All
Pelosi has vowed on the MSM to make Bush a Lame duck.

The message should be America, and not just President Bush.
Rush should get this message out.

/MaxMax

26 posted on 10/23/2006 6:03:17 PM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: greyfoxx39; MurryMom; Liz; Howlin; ALOHA RONNIE; RonDog

Campaign finance reform was designed to stop a sitting *president from taking illegal contribution loot from a sworn enemy - right?


27 posted on 10/23/2006 6:06:12 PM PDT by Libloather (*Bubba & *Hillary - hardly innocent until proven completely guilty...)
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To: RandallFlagg
Turner's soapbox antics are nothing new..
example: if anyone could stomach watching archives of H/Line News from the 90's, Slick Willie was almost always shown in a positive manner, be it at a library where over 100k happy Americans were cheering, or entertaining a foreign VIP like the Prez of France..totally disgusting abuse of media access.
28 posted on 10/23/2006 6:07:14 PM PDT by Eagle50AE (pray for our troops and our President. God Bless America!!)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
CNN has an ongoing series from now to election day, designed to highlight Democrats and bash Republicans.

Well, I hope the dwindling CNN audience here, along with their brothers in Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, enjoy their spoon fed mush.

29 posted on 10/23/2006 6:11:53 PM PDT by NewLand (Always Remember September 11, 2001)
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To: arthurus

I don't get that either, heaven knows that the favor would not be reciprocated. Dems gleefully exploit Republican missteps.


30 posted on 10/23/2006 6:20:48 PM PDT by CremeSaver
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To: greyfoxx39

several points here

pMSNBC is wall to wall with all the usual suspects starting tomorrow morning at 6 a. m. my time.

Muslims IN AMERICA demanding this and that and vote democrat and them having a TV station.

Mark this 51 yr old's words
we will fight muslims in our streets

Red Dawn is coming and in a couple years is my guess.

My advice ? Buy a hi speed reloader and teach all
your family how to use it. Like minded neighbors too.





31 posted on 10/23/2006 6:27:11 PM PDT by advertising guy
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To: RoseofTexas

I have video I recorded on my comptuer from Nov in both years... I should post at you-tube as a teaser for this year.

It was hilarious, and very entertaining for a few days there when they actually questioned what they were doing before they completely forgot any lessons and reverted to same mantra, the same playbook.


32 posted on 10/23/2006 6:40:31 PM PDT by FreedomNeocon (Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
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To: crazyhorse691

He's saying that the liberal media gave the Dems a billion dollars in free advertising during this election cycle, and McCain/Feinmess did nothing to "regulate" it.

I have to agree.


33 posted on 10/23/2006 7:05:46 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: greyfoxx39

I never did hear what the outcome of this was, but in the Peoples' Republic of Seattle, here's what happened to 2 conservative talk show hosts that discussed an initiative:

KVI talk upheld as donation (KVI=local Conservative station)
Seattle Times Olympia bureau ^ | Thursday, October 27, 2005 | By Andrew Garber

Posted on 10/27/2005 5:01:04 AM PDT by Seaside

OLYMPIA — Comments made by radio talk-show hosts this past summer supporting anti-gas-tax Initiative 912 should be considered in-kind political contributions, a Thurston County Superior Court judge reaffirmed Wednesday.

Judge Chris Wickham also found that the I-912 campaign had complied with his ruling by reporting the contributions to the state and closed the case.

The ruling was called a blow to free speech by the law firm representing the I-912 campaign, which is seeking to overturn a 9.5-cent-a-gallon increase in the state gas tax. They vowed to appeal to the state Supreme Court.

"Campaigns and media figures are going to have this in the back of their heads. 'Am I too close to this, am I talking about this too much? Should I be having lunch with this guy from the campaign?' " said William Maurer, executive director of the Institute for Justice Washington Chapter, which represents I-912 in the case.

Others, however, say Wickham's ruling was narrowly focused and does not infringe on free-speech rights.

"We did not ever want to be in a situation where anyone felt that their speech was limited," said Michael Vaska, a Seattle attorney who helped bring the case. "We just wanted people to have the right to know who was paying for this campaign."

The issue stems from a lawsuit filed by San Juan County and the cities of Seattle, Auburn and Kent. It sought to force I-912 sponsors to fully disclose the identities of contributors who gave money via the Internet and to disclose what they considered in-kind contributions from the talk-radio station KVI.

The plaintiffs argued that KVI hosts John Carlson and Kirby Wilbur were actively involved in the initiative and used their shows to promote the measure.

Wickham entered a preliminary injunction in July requiring I-912 backers to report Internet donations and in-kind contributions from Fisher Communications, the parent company of KVI.

The judge's ruling Wednesday essentially reaffirmed his initial decision, but he also specified that the ruling dealt only with the roughly two-month period from when the initiative was filed to when it qualified for the ballot in July.

Limiting the time frame set aside concerns raised by I-912 backers that the state could come after them for violating limits on in-kind contributions during the final weeks of the election. No such limits were in place during the time period specified by Wickham.

Doug Ellis, assistant director of the state Public Disclosure Commission, said his agency considers the matter closed. The I-912 campaign complied with the court ruling by reporting the KVI commentary as in-kind contributions. The I-912 campaign has listed five in-kind contributions from Fisher Communications valued at $20,000 each.

Carlson said he doesn't believe anything he or Wilbur said on the air should be considered a contribution. "I disagree that openly supporting a campaign for any cause or candidate constitutes a political contribution," he said.

Andrew Garber: 360-943-9882 or agarber@seattletimes.com

Copyright © 2005 The Seattle Times Company
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34 posted on 10/23/2006 7:14:50 PM PDT by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops and their CIC)
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To: Seattle Conservative

meGAIN-findgold has succeeded in making politics all about the money...

it is a shame and a sham to think otherwise... and we the people put up with it...

teeman


35 posted on 10/24/2006 8:37:44 AM PDT by teeman8r
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