08-17-2006
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Secretary of State
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Member Since: Sep 2004
Location: south
Posts: 3,640
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Re: Russ Feingold on illegal wiretapping and Leiberman and TWAT
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Originally Posted by MattLarson
The problem, IMHO, is that McCain-Feingold stifles free speech.
When you talk about preventing "special interest groups" from speaking, what you are really talking about is preventing individuals from speaking.
Groups like Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and even the NRA are made up of private citizens. To say that we, the people, may not speak out about a candidate's positions in the period of time closest to an election - but the media can - is wrong, IMHO.
Matt
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ding ding ding! We have a winner. Here I thought liberals were in favor of free speech; who knew. 
Varus
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