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To: loboinok

He does not support special big money interests giving gobs of cash to members of Congress to get their favorite legislation passed. Both the Pubbies and Dems are both guilty of trading influence for such favors.


2,954 posted on 04/22/2007 3:45:37 PM PDT by gpapa
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To: gpapa
I know. Thanks for your response gpapa. I wanted to see if his response was honest.

"On issues, he addresses head-on the major complaints conservatives have about his record. He was largely stymied in his 1997 investigation of both Clinton-Gore and GOP campaign fund-raising abuses: Key witnesses declined to testify or fled the country, though evidence eventually surfaced of a Chinese plan to influence U.S. politics. He won’t argue with those who say he showed “naiveté” about how he would be stonewalled in his investigation. He says he’s wiser now.

Many on the right remain angry he supported the campaign finance law sponsored by his friend John McCain. “There are problems with people giving politicians large sums of money and then asking them to pass legislation,” Mr. Thompson says. Still, he notes he proposed the amendment to raise the $1,000 per person “hard money” federal contribution limit.

Conceding that McCain-Feingold hasn’t worked as intended, and is being riddled with new loopholes, he throws his hands open in exasperation. “I’m not prepared to go there yet, but I wonder if we shouldn’t just take off the limits and have full disclosure with harsh penalties for not reporting everything on the Internet immediately.”"

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3,191 posted on 04/22/2007 4:58:04 PM PDT by loboinok (Gun control is hitting what you aim at!)
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