Bush Signs McCain-Democrat Campaign Finance Bill; Republicans File Suit

Newsmax.com ^ | March 28, 2002

[rightwing2]

Well I guess we have President Bush to thank for destroying the Republican Party's chances at getting enough people elected to Congress to ever constitute a majority in Congress ever again once the bill takes effect in November. Bush has joined the likes of traitor RINO Sen. John McCain, Tommy Boy Daschle and incoming Speaker Dick Gephardt to pass this bill which is so very offensive to our Constitution as it criminalizes the exercize political free speech.

Bush's signing of this bill is far worse than his amnesty of two million illegals or his signing of a monstrous education bill which federalizes our education spending and other big government policies such as the Amerikorps national service program started by Bill Clinton. It is worse because it will greatly hamper the ability of Republicans and conservatives to get elected to Congress by the bill's empowerment of the liberal media and big labor and its evisceration of the right to political free speech for pro-life and pro-Second Amendment groups that value retaining our free constitutional republic. Accordingly, by preventing the Republican Party from every constituting a majority of either house of Congress again once the bill is fully implemented during the 2004 elections, it will eliminate the possibility of Congress every passing good or vote-worthy legislation again. That is why this bill is so much more of a betrayal of his conservative base than Bush's other dissapointmenting big government policies. From henceforth, the most conservatives will be able to hope for is a right of center President willing to veto everything that comes out of Congress something we do not presently have.

The time has now come to take note of every Republican Congressman and Senator who voted for this bill as well as the RINO President who signed it, work to defeat them in their respective primaries and replace them with actual conservatives who are principled enough to fulfill their constitutional oath to protect and defend our God-given Constitution especially our cherished freedom of speech upon which so many of our other freedoms depend.

[follow your bliss]

Bush swore to uphold and protect the Constitution.

Grounds for impeachment?

[TLBSHOW]

LETS HAVE THE LIST PLEASE

HOW MANY RATS VOTED FOR IT IN THE 2 VOTES AND HOW MANY RATS VOTED AGAINST IT. THEN I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST IT AND FOR IT.

THANK YOU

[cmsgop]

I Just want to let you know I found a Bottle of Midol in my Bathroom...........

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Well, whether the dire predictions are true or not, and whether or not it survives the courts, it IS a bad day for Bush -- his worst in office from a conservative's standpoint.

The sad and somewhat unfortunate fact is that he is unlikely to know this or understand it from a political standpoint, because politically he will be more popular than ever. He will get tremendous press and the large majority of voters, tuned-out as always, will simply see this as something positive -- a good move on his part.

We conservatives are in reality a very small minority of the electorate, our disdain for this will be overwhelmed by the political positives (for Bush) from the massive, mushy, tuned-out, middle of the spectrum.

[rightwing2]

Its a good thing that the FR webmaster took that stupid hypothetical Bush statement about "they will have campaign finance and limit free speech over my dead body" or else they would seriously have embarrassed themselves today.

[Poohbah]

This is one of those things that absolutely HAS to be killed dead once and for all.

The only way to do that, sad to say, is for the Supremes to kill it AFTER it has been made law.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Good place for discussion on Bush's motives for signing:
CFR and why Bush Might Have signed

[HalfIrish]

Don't worry. It's part of the strategery. We can count on the SCOTUS to do what's right. Of course we can. The SCOTUS has always made decisions that reflect the Constitution. Always. What a brilliant strategist GWB is!

{Reaching for barf bag..}

[gorush]

"Grounds for impeachment?"

Of course it is, but our leaders have been shredding the Constitution for years and nothing will happen, h#ll, my Republican representative voted against not violating the first amendment in the most recent CFR bill. We strict constructionists are just blowing hot air around here...wake me when the revolution begins.

[ijcr]

Mickey's angel is our Orin Hatch, and they keep on giving It is up to 90 years now and watch as they go for 120 shortly.

[TLBSHOW]

Do you have the list or do you just go on and on?

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I would like to believe President Bush privately agonized over this decision, but is acting casual to mollify the liberals. Perhaps he believed that the only way to really bring the constitutional issues into the public consciousness would be to have a high-profile Supreme Court case. I'm not saying this justifies what he did, but I just don't want to think he truly would be so cavalier about this. It would soften my anger if I knew he was trying to do what he thought was the best for the Constitution. His approach may actually preserve the First Amendment more than vetoing would have. Just a thought.

[uncbob]

sad when a GOP senator has to sue over a bill signed by a GOP president

PATHETIC

[Doc On The Bay]

NO QUESTION, a devastating "Turn of Events,"--& I am TRULY WORRIED that "we" have been "sold out;"--but REMEMBER, the "Bushies" play CHESS, NOT "CHECKERS!"

I'm willing to "cut them a little slack" on this issue; "We'll See!"

Doc

[Dominic Harr]

I would like to believe President Bush privately agonized over this decision, but is acting casual to mollify the liberals.

I'd agree that he must have agonized, because he knew that this would cost him votes.

But I think that's the only reason he agonized. I just don't see Messr. Bush as a 'conservative'. This is about the Nth time I've felt he's just another politician.

Altho that opinion is influenced by how I see his father, I suppose.

[mdittmar]

I hope Keyes runs again.

A wasted vote?

No,a vote I will be proud of.

[Dominic Harr]

and I for one have seen him fold on so many issues that this came as no surprise

You basically summed up my feelings on the subject, also.