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A relevant quote.

Posted by: Gideon Hallett ( UK ) on October 27, 1999 at 19:05:12:

In Reply to: It is an attack on the First Amendment. posted by DonS on October 27, 1999 at 10:31:20:

: : The Republicans had a chance to pass serious campaign finance reform, but they killed it. George Dubya Bush -- your man -- is the posterchild for the need for such reform.

: Don: "serious campaign finance reform" means preventing citizens individually and collectively from paying for television adds with their own money. It is an attack on the First Amendment.

"The law in its majestic equality forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." - Anatole France.

- Gideon.


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