[wizardoz]

Actually, the first four don’t bother me. I’m a little impressed that they include unions in their list of groups who don’t need to be buying politicians. The other 16, no. Sorry. But I don’t hate the first four.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Actually, the first four don’t bother me.

I agree--it's not all bad, although the implementation would be. They don't ask for the free stuff until they get further down the list.

[randita]

But you have to read further to see that they support public funding of elections - as if that would remove the corruption.

[RockinRight]

Agreed, the first four sounded reasonable...then they go off into looneyville.

[pyx]

Actually, the first four don’t bother me.

QUOTE 1. Implementing an immediate ban on all private contributions of money and gifts, to all politicians in federal office, from Individuals, Corporations, Political Action Committees, Super Political Action Committees, Lobbyists, Unions and all other private sources of money to be replaced by the fair and equal public financing of all federal political campaigns. UNQUOTE

To me, this first demand seems to be a constraint on Free Speech enumerated by the First Amendment of the Constitution.

[Texas Eagle]

I’m a little impressed that they include unions in their list of groups who don’t need to be buying politicians.

Subject to change without notice.

[InterceptPoint]

Actually, the first four don’t bother me. I’m a little impressed that they include unions in their list of groups who don’t need to be buying politicians. The other 16, no. Sorry. But I don’t hate the first four.

I think they are playing to the Ron Paul types who are, to some limited extent, falling for it. As you point out, the other 16 points are real deal killers even for the libertarians. At least I hope so.

This is pretty much Karl Marx dressed up in American Revolutionary rhetoric. This is not going to sell to anyone but a hard core Obama supporter and, of course, the twenty-somethings who are eating the Soros pizza.

[muir_redwoods]

Among the first four and elsewhere are prohibitions that extend to a member of the governments immediate family. Should I have a child I disagree with politically and that child gets elected to congress, how is it fair that I cannot work for a company that child regulates in congress?