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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 02:32 PM
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If we can't get the cash out of elections - I wonder if it would be possible
for it to be set up like a blind trust somehow. Just like the politicians aren't supposed to know what they're invested in so they can't make laws that would favor their own portfolios - it'd be equally nice if they couldn't know where the donations come from either.

I don't seem them voting for that any more than I do them voting to just cut off the bribes donations they currently enjoy
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HillbillyBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 02:47 PM
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1. No we need to get the cash out of our election campaign bribe system
Nothing less will do. Public funding, equal tv/radio/air time for all candidates. Not like this shit when msm just shut out Dennic K and Ron Paul(not a fan of him but equal is equal), reinstate the fairness doctrine..that would go a long way toward helping..I can't say it would work since there are always some piggies that think they are more equal than others.
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 03:26 PM
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2. With cash = free speech, nothing short of a constitutional ammendment...
will probably work.
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HillbillyBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 08:16 PM
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3. You are most probably correct
Constitutional Amendment is way too large to get past these knuckle heads.
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