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To: Wonder Warthog

“You “are” being sarcastic, right???”

I hope so, for a minute there I thought that I was on McCain’s website.


7 posted on 08/29/2007 4:17:52 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: vetsvette; Wonder Warthog
You "are" being sarcastic, right???

Sort of, but not really.

The very first thing the drafters of the Bill of Rights set forth was that Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech. Obviously, political speech was foremost in their minds. Just as obviously, supporting or opposing political candidates is political speech in its purest form.

Yet, in passing CFR, Congress made a law which restricts pure political speech in a very substantial fashion. The President signed the law and the Supreme Court upheld most of it. In effect, the First Amendment was amended so as to place the media and billionaires on a different plane from ordinary citizens who wish to join with like-minded individuals for the purpose of advocating particular political positions. Somehow, the right to free speech is now different 61 days before an election than it is 59 days before an election. Personally, I can't reconcile that condition to the First Amendment, but I must not be as smart as political incumbents or Supreme Court Justices.

Since what I wrote earlier is almost literally true, it really can't be classified as sarcasm.

8 posted on 08/29/2007 4:39:32 PM PDT by San Jacinto
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