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To: TimF who wrote (142835)	2/20/2002 12:02:59 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577031

Tim ...Re...If you regulate that you are infringing on 1st amendment rights in the most obvious and direct way and in this case at the time when free political communication is most important (before the election).<<<<<<<< How so. If a candidate agrees to play the game, he must abide by the rules of the game. We could say we are abridging a football players right to run with the ball, if we demand the ballplayer stop when the referee blows the whistle. Or we could say that we are abridging a boxers right to hit the opponent in the kahoons (ouch) by having rules against that. However in order to get a license, the boxer has to agree to the rules. Same with politicians. Agree to the rules or get out of the game. It is not a violation of a person rights, if that person himself agrees to abide by those rules. We all have our first amendment rights regulated every day when we go to work, but those are the rules we agree to in order to get a job. Why would this be any different? I firmly believe we will never have any respect for politicians until the politicians learn to respect us and their opponent. To get respect you gotta give respect. BTW - Politics used to be far more rough and tumble. Negative adds are nothing new.<<<<<< So, thrashing the opponent was bad then, and it still is now. You don't see me ever thrash any of my competitors. People respect an honest opinion; and if one refuses to say anything bad about someone else, most people respect that, and respect the person who said it. And that is what sales are all about. Having the customer respect you enough to invite you upon his property and pay you for your work. Always accentuate the positive, never the negative; but be truthful about the negatives if the customer asks.