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alexwcovington Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-03 11:41 AM
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Why is there even the option? (Campaign Finance Reform)
Why do they even allow presidential candidates to forgo public financing and spending caps?

The whole thing stinks. The latest round of Campaign Finance Reform has done nothing but vastly increase the amount of negative ads on the air.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-03 11:52 AM
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1. Because not to do so would be Unconstitutional
under Buckley v Valejo.
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Pavlovs DiOgie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-03 12:34 PM
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3. wow dsc
you are a wealth of knowledge. I had to go look up Buckley v. Valejo...interesting stuff.
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alexwcovington Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-03 02:33 PM
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4. Thanks for the info...
We need to make fairer campaigns more appealing some other way then.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-03 08:23 PM
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5. Money is speech
so please talk to me.
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SahaleArm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-03 10:55 PM
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6. I can't...
I'm broke:).
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-03 11:52 AM
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2. If you think you're tired of seeing soft-focus
Chimpy shots with stars & stripes in the background now...

just wait 'til November next year. $100m buys a lot of hype.
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