Posted on 03/20/2002 4:33:41 PM PST by erk
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 20, 2002
Statement by the President
Like many Republicans and Democrats in the Congress, I support common-sense reforms to end abuses in our campaign finance system. The reforms passed today, while flawed in some areas, still improve the current system overall, and I will sign them into law.
The legislation makes some important progress on the timeliness of disclosure, individual contribution limits, and banning soft money from corporations and labor unions, but it does present some legitimate constitutional questions. I continue to believe the best reform is full and timely disclosure of campaign contributions.
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I greet them at the door, and Buckeroo pours them a drink, right Buckeroo?
After you've had one or two yourself.
It's too little, too late, baby.
Can Ashcroft do anything? Heck, Reno re-wrote the law so much it read "kill Christians through the power of the ATF".
I can't decide whether this last post was a red herring or a nice job creating a boogeyman.
He's not lying; he's naive. No apologies are necessary.
This businessman was concerned that Nixon had been SAYING that he was cooling to the idea of an opening to Red China to quell the uprising within the then very much more America-First rank and file Republican Party.
As reported years later, Nixon told the businessman
“DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY: WATCH WHAT WE DO!"
AS YOU READ THIS, IT APPEARS THAT BUSH, DASCHLE AND OTHERS ARE WELL DOWN THE ROAD TO USING THIS PAGE FROM THE NIXON PLAYBOOK!
IT APPEARS THAT DUBYA -- LIKE NIXON (and numerous others) BEFORE HIM --IS DOING US (IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE).
Look, America – the IDEA not the PLACE – can only continue to exist if we heed the advice of the founding fathers (paraphrased here in the current vernacular for residents of Rio Linda), to wit:
“The Founding Fathers have determined that failure to WATCH politicians – ALL POLITICIANS (even those you may worship!) – is dangerous to the security of this nation and to the freedoms we paid such a heavy price to TRY to leave you and your children.”
“Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is FORCE. And, like fire, it is a DANGEROUS SERVANT AND A FEARSOME MASTER.”
That from that notorious tinfoil hat wearing, radical wing-nut, George Washington.
Beep, beep, beep... Credibility alert, credibility alert. You stay with some of these cats long enough the real agenda rears it's ugly head.
Horseshit, next.
They used to say Clinton was pornographic; but it appears his predessor is more so.
Yeah. Kinda like what the meaning of "is", is. Sounds painfully familiar.
"Like many Republicans and Democrats in the Congress, I support common-sense reforms to end abuses in our campaign finance system. The reforms passed today, while flawed in some areas, still improve the current system overall, and I will sign them into law.
The legislation makes some important progress on the timeliness of disclosure, individual contribution limits, and banning soft money from corporations and labor unions, but it does present some legitimate constitutional questions. I continue to believe the best reform is full and timely disclosure of campaign contributions."
Now, I wonder what would be disclosed??? Enron? Global Crossing? Cuba? China? NAACP tax exempt? NEA tax exempt? ALL TAX EXEMPT MUST BE NOTED?
Clinton.
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;"
Those pesky ants in the kitchen v. the elephants in the living room.
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