rainstorm wrote:nope, groups are comprised of individuals
And individual voices should be heard. Not money-hungry, brainwashed groups of lobbyists who pay a politician to be their voice.
SUPREME COURT destroys 1st amendment
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Small Donors Favor GOP; Fat Cats Favor Democrats
Republicans have long raised more than Democrats in donations of so-called hard money, which come from individuals and political action committees and are limited in size. But Democrats made a push in the 1990s to narrow the gap by raising corporate and union donations aggressively. The GOP also raised lots of soft money.
With that gone, Republicans enjoy an instant advantage.
The Republican National Committee and its Senate and House counterparts together raised $173 million in hard money through the first 10 months of the year, compared to just $75 million for the three national Democrat committees.
Bush has already raised more than $100 million for his re-election, compared with the top Democrat presidential fund-raiser, Howard Dean, who had about $25 million at the end of September.
"Today's ruling breaks the Democrats' back," National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds boasted.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe disagreed and said his push to enlist more small donors is paying off. DNC has gone from 400,000 direct-mail donors to more than 1 million over the past several months and has eliminated its debt.
"I'm sitting here with $10 million in the bank," McAuliffe said. "We have transformed the DNC from a soft-money committee to a hard-money committee."
McAuliffe said he intended to raise $185 million for get-out-the-vote drives and other activities in presidential swing states. That's the same amount DNC had to back 2000 nominee Al Gore, but now it must do without the $105 million in soft money it had then.
Special-interest groups also must operate under new rules. In the month before a primary and the two months before an election, they cannot use corporate or union money for ads targeting candidates.
NRA Won't Be Muzzled
the more you fool around with the 1st amendment, the more convoluted things become
Republicans have long raised more than Democrats in donations of so-called hard money, which come from individuals and political action committees and are limited in size. But Democrats made a push in the 1990s to narrow the gap by raising corporate and union donations aggressively. The GOP also raised lots of soft money.
With that gone, Republicans enjoy an instant advantage.
The Republican National Committee and its Senate and House counterparts together raised $173 million in hard money through the first 10 months of the year, compared to just $75 million for the three national Democrat committees.
Bush has already raised more than $100 million for his re-election, compared with the top Democrat presidential fund-raiser, Howard Dean, who had about $25 million at the end of September.
"Today's ruling breaks the Democrats' back," National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds boasted.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe disagreed and said his push to enlist more small donors is paying off. DNC has gone from 400,000 direct-mail donors to more than 1 million over the past several months and has eliminated its debt.
"I'm sitting here with $10 million in the bank," McAuliffe said. "We have transformed the DNC from a soft-money committee to a hard-money committee."
McAuliffe said he intended to raise $185 million for get-out-the-vote drives and other activities in presidential swing states. That's the same amount DNC had to back 2000 nominee Al Gore, but now it must do without the $105 million in soft money it had then.
Special-interest groups also must operate under new rules. In the month before a primary and the two months before an election, they cannot use corporate or union money for ads targeting candidates.
NRA Won't Be Muzzled
the more you fool around with the 1st amendment, the more convoluted things become
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pojo wrote:The Fore Fathers would be rolling over in their graves if they found out what the govt sleezebags are doing right now!
excellent pojo!! AGAIN, great men wrote these words:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. "
congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. isnt that just what the congress did? you see, this is just how easily rights can be taken away. incumbents just protected themselves from criticism 60 days before an election. sleezebags is too kind, pojo!! if congress wanted to protect themselves and make their re-election at least 99% they shouls have went through the legal process of amending the constituion, so it would read that certain groups can have their political speech stifled.
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My opinion..
I think we as American people have freedom of speech and freedom in general. Taking that away is none sense.
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rainstorm wrote:Incumbents just protected themselves from criticism 60 days before an election.
I see you still haven't read the ruling. Your statement is absolutely a load of unabashed bull! Read the decision and then use your mind instead of mimicking someone else's garbage...
Harry, the answer is no, she still hasn't answered the question! LOL
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I will work on it. 
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