Comments on: Primaries: A Challenge to the Last Dollar http://themoderatevoice.com/17187/primaries-a-challenge-to-the-last-dollar/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:55:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: superdestroyer http://themoderatevoice.com/17187/primaries-a-challenge-to-the-last-dollar/comment-page-1/#comment-136288 superdestroyer Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:41:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/17187/primaries-a-challenge-to-the-last-dollar/#comment-136288 If you look at the mischief that has occurred after the passing of McCain-Feingold. Look at Seattle where the radio personalities were investigated for violating M-F because the talked about referendums on the ballot. <br><br>Limiting individuals to a few hundred dollars worth of speech while allowing unlimited editorials on CNN or in the NY Times just tilts the playing field even more to the Democratic party. But then again, isn't that the whole point of campaign financing regulations? If you look at the mischief that has occurred after the passing of McCain-Feingold. Look at Seattle where the radio personalities were investigated for violating M-F because the talked about referendums on the ballot.

Limiting individuals to a few hundred dollars worth of speech while allowing unlimited editorials on CNN or in the NY Times just tilts the playing field even more to the Democratic party. But then again, isn't that the whole point of campaign financing regulations?

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/17187/primaries-a-challenge-to-the-last-dollar/comment-page-1/#comment-136287 JSpencer Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:34:05 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/17187/primaries-a-challenge-to-the-last-dollar/#comment-136287 "To the outsider, the American notion that the political spending of money is protected as freedom of speech is strange."<br><br>Trust me, it's strange to lots of insiders too. The concept really showed how this particular Supreme Court is willing to help sustain a truly bastardized definition of free speech. “To the outsider, the American notion that the political spending of money is protected as freedom of speech is strange.”

Trust me, it's strange to lots of insiders too. The concept really showed how this particular Supreme Court is willing to help sustain a truly bastardized definition of free speech.

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