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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Charles Hughes who wrote (14116)	11/9/1998 7:17:00 PM
From: mrknowitall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Chaz: "The reason demos are currently willing to forgo all that and the repubs aren't is because right now the repubs are collecting the majority of the baksheesh." And you believe the Demo's aren't taking part in the game? Come on, you're smarter than that - you're naive if you think Slick and company aren't the masters of playing the quid-pro-quo game with so-called "friends." Of course, nothing of the kind happened in the White House, now did it? Mr. K.

To: Charles Hughes who wrote (14116)	11/9/1998 11:12:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Those groups do it directly and indirectly. They put out issue ads which make it clear that they endorse or oppose a candidate. Clinton did this with the thinly-veiled issue ads for the DNC. Recently, the DNC put out scare ads for minorities that made it clear that they wanted people to vote against the Republicans. I was not stating an opinion whether limits on large contributions should not be legislated. They need to look at how soft money and issue ads are deployed. When issue ads are only used in a few specific markets to defeat specific opponents, it's apparent that they are being used in the same manner as direct attack ads.