Topic 8 of 39: campaign finance reform
Tue, Oct 28, 1997 (01:00) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Why do these politicians keep recording themselves and then get
nailed for stuff they did. You think they would have learned from
Nixon. Now, we have the brouhaha over campaign finance reform and
it is fueled by the self immolative video tapes that Clinton had to
make.
What's up with campaign finance reform?
17 responses total.
Topic 8 of 39 [politics]: campaign finance reform
Response 1 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Wed, Oct 29, 1997 (00:27) * 2 lines
As it exists now, campaign finance reform is a buzzword used to advance other, invariably antithetical objectives- and, of course, to fatten political warchests. It is an issue easily spun, and as such there's nothing close to a consensus anywhere concerning what it's objectives ought to be, much less how to achieve them. Unless and/or until something compelling occurs (and Whitewater, and the Thompson hearings combined ain't close, tapes or no tapes) to define this issue, and begin the processes necess
ry for consensus (which, for a politician, begins with the prospect of losing his job)- there will be no reform.
Topic 8 of 39 [politics]: campaign finance reform
Response 2 of 17: Sara Ledford (ledfords) * Wed, Oct 29, 1997 (01:05) * 0 lines
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Response 3 of 17: KitchenManager (KitchenManager) * Wed, Oct 29, 1997 (01:34) * 0 lines
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Response 4 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Wed, Oct 29, 1997 (02:18) * 0 lines
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Response 5 of 17: George Frimpter (legaffe) * Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (18:43) * 1 lines
What's this about the dope smuggling queen?
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Response 6 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sun, Nov 9, 1997 (04:55) * 2 lines
I was kidding- Lyndon LaRouche (Libertarian extraordinaire, author of Libertarian thought, such as it is) long asserted that Her Supreme Uselessness Elizabeth, of Britain, was the mastermind behind the world's heroin trade...
(I think she inherited the mantle from Shirley Booth- Lyndon has unique insights into these matters)
Topic 8 of 39 [politics]: campaign finance reform
Response 7 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Nov 9, 1997 (10:35) * 2 lines
Is he still in prison?
Topic 8 of 39 [politics]: campaign finance reform
Response 8 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Mon, Nov 10, 1997 (00:02) * 1 lines
Don't know- if memory serves, he bunked with Jim Bakker (in the joint). Can you imagine the scintillating level of conversation maintained by those two?
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Response 9 of 17: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Nov 13, 1997 (03:18) * 1 lines
I might almost rival ours here.
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Response 10 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Thu, Nov 13, 1997 (04:20) * 1 lines
Hey, based on certain conversation overheard on the front porch recently, KitchenManager's got 'em both licked...
Topic 8 of 39 [politics]: campaign finance reform
Response 11 of 17: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (01:29) * 1 lines
Can I count that as one vote?
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Response 12 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (01:52) * 1 lines
Most emphatically...
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Response 13 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (05:05) * 0 lines
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Response 14 of 17: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (10:53) * 0 lines
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Response 15 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (13:08) * 0 lines
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Response 16 of 17: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (13:49) * 2 lines
maybe they should do a movie entitled,
First Contract
Topic 8 of 39 [politics]: campaign finance reform
Response 17 of 17: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (21:24) * 4 lines
actually, it's even money regarding
whether "contract" or "contact" occurs
first (bet on the latter, though, and
give points if you hafta...)
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