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

Newsmax.com ^ | March 28, 2002

[VRWC_minion]

However, constitutional scholars have agreed that Presidents may be impeached for nothing more than "bad acts" committed while in office

And those who will find him guilty of these bad acts are the ones who voted overwhelmingly for the bill he signed ?

[solo gringo]

I did not want to see bush sign this unlawful campaign bill BUT now that he did it he did it to get this off the table and let the courts settle it i trust him in this .You have to understand the mindset of john mccain he has taken more money from shady donors than any other senator and will keep doing it,Also he has tried to bring america to it knees with one loony deal after another but he has failed and will keep doing it he has no respect for the usa or geo bush or any other american.More and more we are seeing what an ass he has made of himself and the respect he has lost from friend and family you have to feel sorry for mccain he is a mixed up man and blames every one but the himself.

[TLBSHOW]

Sums up all your post so far. Good work!

[Howlin]

Take your best shot.

[McGavin999]

If Bush had merely vetoed this it would come back and keep coming back again and again and again. Remember, McConnel has been fighting this for over 10 years. Once it's declared unconstitutional by SCOTUS it is dead, done, over, no longer viable. SCOTUS will drive the silver stake through the heart of McCain/Finegold once and for all.

[Howlin]

Keyes has my vote for President in 2004 for now unless and until a more popular conservative declares his candidacy.

What a ringing endorsement for Keyes; you'll be for him until somebody POPULAR comes along? And you have the NERVE to sneer at Bush.

[Howlin]

Please read #66.

[gcruse]

I wonder if the same people who call Bush a RINO call other people sheeple?

[bybybill]

Wonder how McCain and the rats enjoyed the signing cerimooooaaaanies ? Do you think GWB was sending a little message--kinda like the rabbit and the briar patch. End of the day, after the 60 day BS is killed [and it stands no chance] and the rats find out that GWB doubled his campaign war chest, we will see who the real winner was.

[McGavin999]

LOL, now that's integrity!

[McGavin999]

I loved the comment about him sending the pens over to them. LOL

[TLBSHOW]

Then you have never read this yet, have you?

However, the bill does have flaws. Certain provisions present serious constitutional concerns. In particular, H.R. 2356 goes farther than I originally proposed by preventing all individuals, not just unions and corporations, from making donations to political parties in connection with Federal elections.

I believe individual freedom to participate in elections should be expanded, not diminished; and when individual freedoms are restricted, questions arise under the First Amendment.

I also have reservations about the constitutionality of the broad ban on issue advertising, which restrains the speech of a wide variety of groups on issues of public import in the months closest to an election.

I expect that the courts will resolve these legitimate legal questions as appropriate under the law.

President George W. Bush

Yes all you rats you have been snookered. This bill is going to be finished off once and for all, because of what President Bush did. And the rat trap is going to catch all of you demorats in one big swoop. Election day when you are voted back to the stone age, for daring to try and take away Free Speech in this country.

[rightwing2]

What a ringing endorsement for Keyes; you'll be for him until somebody POPULAR comes along? And you have the NERVE to sneer at Bush.

You obviously missed my point entirely. My point in so stating was:

1. Bush, though more popular, is no conservative.
2. Buchanan was much more popular than Keyes when he ran in 1992 and 1996 despite the fact that he was even more conservative than Keyes.
3. I believe that there are actual principled conservatives who are more electable out there who could potentially be elected President.

[Doc On The Bay]

"From Your Lips to God's Ear!!" <p. Doc

[TLBSHOW]

You best read post 72

[Howlin]

3. I believe that there are actual principled conservatives who are more electable out there who could potentially be elected President.

Name one.

[VRWC_minion]

Yes all you rats you have been snookered

I cannot wait until the GOP wakes up to the fact that they can let the liberal groups know whi it was that attempted to silence them. The liberals base is going to become a cheering squad of the conservative's who are challenging the laws in the courts. In the end they will be praising the same court they believe "selected the chimp".

Each I see more and more how the signing of this bill plays out and I admire the choice Bush made more and more.

I know its been said before but he plays chess not checkers.

[rabbitdog]

I find a great deal of hypocrisy to go around. Think about the fact that if money is free speech,and I think it is, and wish President Bush would have vetoed, but what about the existing campaign laws already. There are already limits on hard money (unconstitutional?) restrictions on soft money(unconstitutional?). Everyone is focused on the 60 day period, but think about who is restricted now. Republicans give more hard money now, but this is limited. My free speech is already limited because of what I can give monetarily. Let's keep in mind that Bush is not the one who created this mess, but is trying to do what he thinks will eventually help most and that is to eliminate this whole issue and move on by signing CFR. He also eliminated McCains' only issue.

[Old Fud]

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

You said it, and that's about the size of it.

But don't breathe a word of it to the Stepford Wives at "A Day in the Life of Bush".

[Howlin]

No matter what you think about what Bush did today, the fact that he signed this ALONE in the Oval Office, not in the Rose Garden giving John McCain any face time or the photo op he has been dreaming about for years just made my day.

CNN reported that McCain's staff was whining because "Bush didn't even tell Senator McCain he was going to sign it today. Bush didn't even call Senator McCain to tell him."

To which the White House replied, "Hey, we had a senior Bush administration official call his office, and we're going to send him a pen."