Comments on: Disappointing http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/03/disappointing/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:00:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ron W http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/03/disappointing/comment-page-1/#comment-144087 Ron W Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:13:50 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=10059#comment-144087 If McCain-Feingold was supposed to cut down on the money spend in elections, it hasn't worked. All it does is to attack the First Amendment. The money expenditure doesn't bother me, it's the out-of-state money coming into Tennessee for Corker and especially Ford. I want my Senator to represent Tennessee, not be beholden to outside interests. So any so-called Campaign finance Reform should simply be: no money vote without a ballot vote. And if they really wanted to stop the massive money flow into campaigns, the best way would be to repeal the 17th Amendment and have the "several States" by their legislatures return to appointing senators to represent their respective state in the State House, i.e. the U.S. Senate. That would immediately eliminate the massive amounts of out-of state money flowing into all these state-wide senate races. But it's not the amount of money--it's just that the two-party political-media establishment wants to keep all the money concentrated in their hands. If McCain-Feingold was supposed to cut down on the money spend in elections, it hasn’t worked. All it does is to attack the First Amendment.

The money expenditure doesn’t bother me, it’s the out-of-state money coming into Tennessee for Corker and especially Ford. I want my Senator to represent Tennessee, not be beholden to outside interests. So any so-called Campaign finance Reform should simply be: no money vote without a ballot vote.

And if they really wanted to stop the massive money flow into campaigns, the best way would be to repeal the 17th Amendment and have the “several States” by their legislatures return to appointing senators to represent their respective state in the State House, i.e. the U.S. Senate. That would immediately eliminate the massive amounts of out-of state money flowing into all these state-wide senate races.

But it’s not the amount of money–it’s just that the two-party political-media establishment wants to keep all the money concentrated in their hands.

]]> By: Stormy Dragon http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/03/disappointing/comment-page-1/#comment-143886 Stormy Dragon Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:59:47 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=10059#comment-143886 They probably can't accept the offer of free ad space without it being considered a 'gift-in-kind' donation. They probably can’t accept the offer of free ad space without it being considered a ‘gift-in-kind’ donation.

]]> By: Les Jones http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/03/disappointing/comment-page-1/#comment-143884 Les Jones Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:50:14 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=10059#comment-143884 Tom said it before I could. I didn't notice any absence of advertised criticism against political candidates. Tom said it before I could. I didn’t notice any absence of advertised criticism against political candidates.

]]> By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/03/disappointing/comment-page-1/#comment-143872 tgirsch Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:02:37 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=10059#comment-143872 I think a big part of it is that based on what I've seen on the TeeVee, the provisions of McCain-Feingold haven't exactly prevented them from getting their message out their through traditional channels. It seems the affront to free speech isn't as egregious as you think. Also, you still haven't explained why McCain-Feingold is necessarily friendly to incumbents and hostile to challengers. You might want to explain it to the solid number of incumbents who are going to get bounced on their ass this year, too... I think a big part of it is that based on what I’ve seen on the TeeVee, the provisions of McCain-Feingold haven’t exactly prevented them from getting their message out their through traditional channels. It seems the affront to free speech isn’t as egregious as you think.

Also, you still haven’t explained why McCain-Feingold is necessarily friendly to incumbents and hostile to challengers. You might want to explain it to the solid number of incumbents who are going to get bounced on their ass this year, too…

]]> By: Firehand http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/03/disappointing/comment-page-1/#comment-143869 Firehand Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:46:05 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=10059#comment-143869 Unfortunately, about what I figured. Unfortunately, about what I figured.

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