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To: combjelly who wrote (133996)	3/3/2001 1:36:54 PM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 1570745

Combjelly Re..This pre-dates Bill. <<<<< I absolutely agree with that. Bill, though with his intelligence has raised the bar to new levels though. The appearance of impropriety doesn't phase him. Which is a problem because politics is based upon appearance. He is likely to become the O J of politics; because the majority of people don't believe him anymore. You can only cry wolf so often. <<<<<<<So the candidates have to hit up corporations, the wealthy, large interest groups, etc. And the amounts are such that people with be left with the feeling that there has to be some quid pro quo even if there is not. <<<<<<<<<<< Once again, I agree almost completely. I believe there is almost always a quid pro quo eventually. You may have wanted to vote a certain way on a bill, but a lot of times, you would have had the guts to vote against the bill if the bill wasn't good enough, or went too far. You can't even do that nowadays. It is the system which forces candidates to become stooges for the special interests. One of the few who aren't crooked is Feingold who turned down special interests money completely. And he won. Ted is talking about Bill having guts; but I can't really remember one thing Bill did that was particularily risky; except Bill went to a centrist position and embraced both democratic and republican principles. Feingold went against what is considered the foundation of modern politics,(you need big money to win),and won without having a big name or a personal bankroll of millions. Feingold even sued special interests who were running negative adds on his behalf. That took Feingold guts to do that considering he isn't wealthy. We used to have a senator, Bill Proxmire, who was so honest and highly regarded, he didn't need to spend a nickel on campaigning. He was so popular, nobody even bothered running against him. I think Feingold will be that type of senator. John McCain himself was involved in special interests until he got caught up in the Keating seven scandal; and that close call made him see the dangers of money. In the end, all of us need to realize that it isn't just some republican or democrats who are crooks, the system itself is corrupted and needs to be changed, before we will get the gov. we want.