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Article #552Re: P*ssing off Conservatives
From: J.D. Baldwin
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:50
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:50
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In the previous article, Ken Prox <kprox@wwnet.net> wrote: > Interesting idea for campaign reform, reminded me of the following > sound bite from the movie Bullworth. > > "Your taught in this country there speech that is free, but free > does not get you no spots on TV, if you want senators that are not > on the take, then give them free air time they won't have to fake!" Oh, yeah, *that* will get new and diverse ideas aired -- put the government in charge of dispensing airtime to political candidates. Of all the harebrained campaign finance "reform" ideas that keep getting floated, this is one of the worst. Like the media-government complex isn't already monolithic enough -- some people want to enshrine it in *law*, too? I'll take the corrupting influence of the current system a thousand- fold before I'd go for this one. -- _+_ From the catapult of |If anyone disagrees with any statement I make, I _|70|___:)=}- J.D. Baldwin |am quite prepared not only to retract it, but also \ / baldwin@panix.com|to deny under oath that I ever made it. -T. Lehrer ***~~~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 115597,fef438060c66dccd X-Google-Attributes: gid115597,public X-Google-Thread: 10d662,fef438060c66dccd X-Google-Attributes: gid10d662,public X-Google-Thread: 106998,fef438060c66dccd X-Google-Attributes: gid106998,public X-Google-Thread: fec2a,fef438060c66dccd X-Google-Attributes: gidfec2a,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-14 21:50:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!router1.news.adelphia.net!logbridge.uoregon.edu!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: INVALID_SEE_SIG@example.com (J.D. Baldwin) Newsgroups: mi.misc,fl.politics,alt.politics.usa,alt.politics.usa.republican Subject: Re: P*ssing off Conservatives Date: 15 Dec 2000 05:50:01 GMT Organization: Revealed on a need-to-know basis. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <91cbe9$oce$1@news.panix.com> References: <3a3840cd.82595789@news.netquest.com> <3A391E0F.52C88EB0@tufts.edu> <3A3931FB.E8910FDA@wwnet.net> Reply-To: baldwin+news@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Host: panix6.panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 976859401 24974 166.84.0.231 (15 Dec 2000 05:50:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Dec 2000 05:50:01 GMT X-PGP-Key-Info: Key number 869CC8A5, finger me for full key X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test74 (May 26, 2000) Originator: baldwin@panix.com (J.D. Baldwin)