Comments on: Supreme Court reviews the Millionaires Amendment of the BCRA

By: urbancenturion

urbancenturion — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:25:56 +0000

The government is ineffectual, and anyone participating in it by running for office are inherently corrupt for abding by and thus supporting a patently ridiculous, corrupt, treasonous, and unconstitutional bit of legislation.

Furthermore, the “honorable” John McCain is a man devoid of honor.

By: Buy Danish

Buy Danish — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:18:36 +0000

Garnering contributions in excess of the arbitrary caps established by the BCRA and its predecessor acts supposedly perverts the electoral process, but not when the other person can use their own money; then excessive fundraising becomes the antidote instead of the poison.

Yep, and it creates an endless bidding war where the wealthy candidate is forced to spend more and more of his own money to compete against the relaxed rules.

I can’t think of a worse infringement on our First Amendment rights than this abhorrent legislation and thus I too wish they would scrap the whole thing.

Ironically, if McCain-Feingold it was thrown out it would also take a big weight off of Johnny Mac’a campaign since this legislation is a reason many people don’t want to vote for him.

By: MamaAJ

MamaAJ — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:16:04 +0000

fundraising and spending don’t always equate to victories

Money-leads-to-victory is such a firmly established piece of conventional wisdom. Something about that bothers me; it’s become a Truth that is put out there and has these crazy laws twisting around it to make things “fair”.

None of it sits well with me.

By: secarr

secarr — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:08:29 +0000

Hey Dusty, where’d you hear about Bellavia? The Erie County GOP seems behind the curve and clueless as always.

By: sabbott

sabbott — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:32:46 +0000

But…But…How can this be? We are now being told that McCain is the next Ronald Reagan? All the commentators on the right are telling us to line up and support him! Hannity, Ingraham etc. are on-board! How will this look?

By: Dusty

Dusty — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:16:12 +0000

Just a reminder that Davis is going to run in NY’s 26th Congressional District where Tom Reynolds is retiring. Davis’ opponent may be Staff Sgt. David Bellavia.

By: SeniorD

SeniorD — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:55:29 +0000

Yet another egregious example of the Incumbent Preservation Act. Anyone else wonder why Congress has such low approval ratings?

By: freevillage

freevillage — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:45:28 +0000

Barack Obama has pretty much shown you can raise more money than any “special interests” combined if you do it well. This idiocy needs to be thrown out by the Court.

By: Wyrd

Wyrd — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:40:47 +0000

personally I would love to see McCain/Fiengold tossed out.

By: rbj

rbj — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:40:29 +0000

The Court should just throw out McCain-Feingold. And every other campaign contribution law. Just have the candidates accept no contribution after a week before the election, and every donor about a set amount (say, $250) has to be listed on their websites. Just let us know who is buying which candidates.

By: shick

shick — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:33:01 +0000

Wouldn’t it be convenient for McCain if he were elected as POTUS so he could reappoint judges that would look at this differently?

By: Akzed

Akzed — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:28:59 +0000

Indian tribes are largely exempt from this stupid anti-1st Amendment law. Guess who the prime recipient of their wampum is, pale face.

By: Dread Pirate Roberts VI

Dread Pirate Roberts VI — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:19:31 +0000

Poor people shouldn’t be running anyway. They have to work!