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Nobody who has to answer to voters would dare put their name on it? Remember that 99-1 vote for the Patriot Act? The one senator who voted against, Russ Feing
by jbooth 15y ago
Nobody who has to answer to voters would dare put their name on it?
Remember that 99-1 vote for the Patriot Act? The one senator who voted against, Russ Feingold, lost in 2010 to a guy who's campaign slogan revolved heavily around "freedom".
- CWuestefeld 15y agoThere are many dimensions of freedom. I'll note that Sen. Feingold's name shares a place in "McCain-Feingold", which is a limitation on free speech (some may argue that it's a warranted limitation, but the fact that it is a limitation on freedom is objectively true)
- jbooth 15y agoYeah, I know that some people consider limiting campaign contributions to be more damaging to freedom than creating the legal framework for a modern day KGB. I think those people are ignorant. Fascism and communism didn't kill 100 million people because of a 2300 dollar limit on campaign contributions.
- CWuestefeld 15y agoPerhaps they did so because of a total ban on advocacy ads within X days of the election? We wouldn't want people to hear about what a snake their Congressman is, when the election is close enough they might remember. There's a heck of a lot more to McCain-Feingold than just a $2300 limit.