[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.

[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..}

[uncbob]

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

PATHETIC

[mdittmar]

I hope Keyes runs again.

A wasted vote?

No,a vote I will be proud of.

[thatsnotnice]

Opponents of the bill, such as McConnell, say the new law represents an unconstitutional limit to political speech.

Since when does a Senator get to decide that a bill is unconstitutional?

Constitutionality now is decided by some power-sharing agreement between the congress and the courts?

[harpo11]

I'm thinking the grand glorious days of Nero have come alive again. How much longer will the citizens, citizens that President Bush asked to not be spectators, but responsible citizens, continue to have the right to vote?

As it is 60 days before an election depending on Dan, Peter, and Tom certainly would make Palm Beach County voters punching ballot chads look easy. I might as well just be blindfolded and punch anywhere on the ballot since according to Bush, the Senate and House I don't deserve the right that our Constitution protects to have the pros and cons of campaign issues and candidates aired in the arena of ideas.

What a marvelous snafu for the incumbents. Welcome back Nero, the greedy politicians are making everything very comfortable for you.

[gcruse]

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

[samtheman]

Interesting that a group dedicated to protecting our 2nd amendment rights is the first group to come to the defense of our 1st amendment rights.

[pray4liberty]

Wait until election season, when the American people take to the streets and go right ahead with grassroots activism. We will give this "law" the finger. They can't jail all of us, there's just too many people...unless they plan to set up concentration camps.

[Paulus Invictus]

Oh, and you want more RATs in those offices? That's what would happen. Are you a RAT yourself? The Supremes will destroy the CFL quickly.

[Kay Soze]

History repeats itself

Just as his dad so cavalierly squandered his position after being a war commander in chief hero.

I predict that given this idiotic "strategy" Rush says the White House is using, I predict that there will rise a third party conservative candidate that will pull enough votes away from Bush II's reelection bid to give( HIllary??? ) a Democratic victory in the next election.

[FatherTorque]

Before the election I said I would not vote for Bush. I only vote for 3rd party candidates and will continue to do so until the Republican party returns to acting like the Republican party. I said that the only thing that would get them to change their tune would be for them to lose votes to 3rd parties.

Those of us who said this were raked across the coals here on FR, called traitors and democrat enablers. "You will just cause democrats to get elected and you will continue to lose more rights" was the chant I kept hearing.

If you keep voting Republican no matter what kind of BS legislation those idiots keep signing, then you are the ones who are causing us to lose our rights.

[Valin]

Within a short time of Bush's signing, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had filed suit, as had National Rifle Association. Both denounced the law's infringement on freedom of speech. The law "eviscerates the core protections of the First Amendment by prohibiting, on pain on criminal punishment, political speech," said a legal complaint filed on behalf of NRA and its political victory fund.

Help Fight Shays-Meehan (CFR) Special to FreeRepublic | 23 March 2002 |
Congressman Billybob (John Armor)
Posted on 3/23/02 5:13 PM Central by Congressman Billybob

Help Fight Shays-Meehan (CFR)
As many of you know, one of your colleagues, Congressman Billybob (John Armor, Esq., in real life) will file one of the briefs in the US Supreme Court in opposition to Shays-Meehan.

He will file it on behalf of the American Civil Rights Union, which believes in protecting and enforcing the Constitution as written. One of its Advisory Board members is the Hon. Robert Bork.

This brief does not depend on your responses to this notice. It will be filed in any event. But all FReepers who wish to play a role in the effort to have Shays-Meehan declared unconstitutional, are invited to contribute what they choose to the ACRU. It is a tax-deductible, legal charity.

All who contribute at least $25 will receive a copy of the Supreme Court brief. Please visit the ACRU site to confirm that their vision of the Constitution is the same as yours, and the same as that of Jim Robinson and FreeRepublic.

Then if you wish to help, mail your checks to:
American Civil Rights Union 3213 Duke Street Number 625 Alexandria, VA 22314

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Ok boys and girls, as the old saying goes talk is cheap.

[Fury]

As I stated previously, I am making a donation to FR of $250, as President Bush signed the CFR bill.

That is $250 that will not go to the Bush 2004 re-election campaign. Will President miss such a small amount? No. But I cannot reward GW signing what I consider a seriously flawed bill that has several sections directly at odds with the 1st Amendment.

FR earned my trust in this matter. Sadly, President Bush has not.

[Dan from Michigan]

BTTT