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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jack Clarke who wrote (15464)	5/30/1998 11:01:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

>>The free speech argument is specious, and it's sad to see Sen. McConnell defending the indefensible. Absolutely wrong. McConnell is both courageous and correct. The Supreme Court would never support your shortsighted view. It is axiomatic that the whole campaign finance reform issue is a diversion from the truth that Clinton & Company, flagrantly and with premeditation, broke the existing laws. The Dems and their allies in the Media want to shift scrutiny from that fact and heap praise on useful idiots like McCain for his part in that diversion. He buys their praise by selling out the Constitution. He thinks he'll be President. He hasn't a chance. Besides helping their allies, the Media supports limits on political speech in order to enhance its own influence and power. As George Will has pointed out, political spending in a Presidential election year amounts to less than the amount spent on advertising yogurt. That seems hardly excessive considering their relative importance. The only reform that will work in the present environment would entail removal of money limits with complete and timely disclosure. Then nut jobs like Perot would not have the power to distort elections and corruptocrats like Clinton could not evade exposure until well after elections are over. The best reform of all would be to limit the power of government so that people like Clinton would not be able to run shake-downs and sell policy in the first place. But McCain's limits on political speech are not only clearly unconstitutional, they are also an alleged cure that is far far worse than the present disease.