Statement by the President: "... I will sign (CFR) into law."

Office of the Press Secretary ^ | March 20, 2002 | George W. Bush

[SUSSA]

We all have work to do. We need to go back to FReeping the White House.

[Uncle Bill]

ABC News’s This Week - January 23, 2000

GEORGE WILL: In which case, would you veto the McCain-Feingold bill, or the Shays-Meehan bill?

GEORGE BUSH: That’s an interesting question. I — I — "yes I would."

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"A Betrayal" - Bush on campaign-finance reform legislation

Republicans Cave on Campaign Finance

((((((((Read my lips))))))))

SHOW BUSH THE DOOR IN 2004

[davidosborne]

No what we should do is let every citizen send as much money as they want to who they want and if they are running for office, then they should post that donation on there website by sundown.

AMEN !!!

[dalereed]

We need a cruise to get over the mad!!!

[davidosborne]

SIGNING it in the first place is a BIGGER mistake !!

[BonnieJ]

Are you serious about this? Who will you support instead of him?

[sarasmom]

(Psst.Dont bet your retirement on it not happening.)

[sinkspur]

Companies can't vote either should they be able to make contributions?

Companies are made up of people, who can vote.

[Brownie74]

Damn him. Just another low life politician who doesn't give a rat's butt about the constitution or the U.S. It's all about getting and keeping power.

Yep!! And he is on his way to Monterey, Mexico tomorrow to meet with Co-President Vicente Fox to sell the rest of America down the tubes for a few Mexican votes. Since 245(i) passed the house, he has his little suprise package in his pocket. It's sickening!!

[Revelation 911]

[AmericaUnited]

In terms of hard money, the GOP will make out like bandits with this bill.

Is this a case of the Repubs playing Brier Rabbit ??

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Can someone tell me why he is signing this bill? If he were governing by the polls, he would veto it, right? An earlier post indicates 78% of people think he should veto it. If he weren't governing by the polls, as he would seem not to be, then he is likely acting on principle, or trying to ensure a smoother working relationship with, and among, the Congress. So which of the two is it?

[PhilDragoo]

So, should we allow non-citizens to send money too?

Louis Freeh and Charles G. LaBella weren't able to convince the Diesel Dyke to appoint an independent counsel to investigate that issue vis a vis the 1996 presidential campaign. Hence non-citizens sent so much Charlie Trie had an OSHA claim for a back injury.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

It seems like so many of the posters here are against CFR because of the concept that soft money contributions are a form of free speech under the constitution.

Am I missing some other reasons most people here are against this? I'm sort of up in the air at the moment, and trying to determine what I think.

CFR wasn't even on the back burner until Clinton suddenly announced that we needed it. Why did he say that? To change the subject from the fact that he had been caught redhanded violating existing campaign laws! So passing and signing CFR is, in the first instance, (barf alert!) vindication of x42.

The irony of the matter is that in fact politics should be banned from the "public airwaves." Of course you shouldn't do it by halves, as in CFR--journalism is politics and should be banned from the public airwaves.

And that is because the fundamental aspect of freedom of speech and press is equality before the law. Broadcasting as we know it could not exist if everyone had an equal right to broadcast--so the only way to make us all politically equal (within the limits of our respective pocketbooks) is to ban political broadcasting by anybody.

[Buckeroo]

Of course, Bush was against "campaign finance reform" during his run for president. He has "flipped-flopped" on this issue. I think we need a law about "campaign speech reform." What do you think?

[OK]

"...and I will sign them into law"

...and I won't vote for him again.

[Aquamarine]

The Bush-Bots... and yes I've been one, had to believe in him. There was no other choice. Alot of them like me took to the streets during the election fiasco clinging to the last chance that this country had to pull out of the wreck that we had been living in under the Clinton Administration.
I fought for him and hoped and prayed that he would fight for me.

[sinkspur]

No what we should do is let every citizen send as much money as they want to who they want and if they are running for office, then they should post that donation on there website by sundown.

Citizens who can vote.

Kids sending money were really parents sending money in their kids' names.

Look, I'm for anybody being able to donate as much as they want. But, as long as we're limiting, let's keep non-residents from sending money to campaigns for Senate and the House. That would keep the Hollywood money in California.

[mrb1960]

I AGREE WITH YOU 100%!!!!

I am so sick and tired of Bush selling us out, and even though he's supposed to be better than Gore, that beatnik won't get my vote if he keeps up this kind of back-stabbing nonsense!

[4CJ]

If you're old enough to die for you country, you're damn well old enough to vote for the man that leads you.

IMHO, of course.