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Old 05-09-2007, 08:00 PM   #1
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With the SCOTUS decisions that money=speech and corporations=people, it's hard to think what sorts of campaign finance reforms are possible.
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Old 05-09-2007, 08:02 PM   #2
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With the SCOTUS decisions that money=speech and corporations=people, it's hard to think what sorts of campaign finance reforms are possible.
Congress is the problem here. Not Bush.
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Old 05-10-2007, 03:37 AM   #3
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I guess the only solution is the same one Teddy talked about... you & me. The only way to clean up politics is from the bottom up.
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Old 05-10-2007, 07:44 AM   #4
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I guess the only solution is the same one Teddy talked about... you & me. The only way to clean up politics is from the bottom up.
As I get more experience through voting the more I realize how little control the general population has over who eventually gets elected.
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Old 05-10-2007, 10:55 AM   #5
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Congress is the problem here. Not Bush.
I didn't say anything about Bush. The SCOTUS decisions were years ago.
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Old 05-10-2007, 11:12 AM   #6
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I was confused by his comment too, but I think Merc is confusing SCOTUS with POTUS.
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Old 05-11-2007, 08:12 AM   #7
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I was confused by his comment too, but I think Merc is confusing SCOTUS with POTUS.
I stand corrected. My bad.
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