Your Former Speech Rights

http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/your__former__speech_rights_opedcolumnists_ryan_sager.htm

Thanks to 'centrist' republican John McCain and democrat Russ Feingold.

Wow that is disgusting.  And the dems are supposed to stand up for personal freedom.. guess that doesn't include the personal freedom to buy airtime and run political ads.

Here's a link to the vote, and how it went:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00054

Dems seem to tend to support it, republicans seem to oppose it.

wow, as a democrat i'm ashamed at this. i donno what the fuck they're thinking trying to keep the restrictions in place, it's exactly the thing we would be fighting against.

quickly! call al franken or randy rhodes! we must fix this!

yay for erosion of the bill of rights.  bye bye amendments 1 and 2...

The source is the NY Post, therefore I have a tendency not to believe this. I think they may be outright lying about what this bill does. There is no way this many democrats, and republicans would vote for something like this. I call bullshit.

>>6
LOL? There is a link to the actual website of the United States senate right there that says you are wrong.  See >>3.  Click the link.

Here is the vote on said bill, showing how each individual senator voted, according to the link provided here (http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00054).

 Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---60

Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carnahan (D-MO)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Cleland (D-GA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Edwards (D-NC)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Graham (D-FL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Miller (D-GA)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Thompson (R-TN)
Torricelli (D-NJ)
Warner (R-VA)
Wellstone (D-MN)
Wyden (D-OR)




NAYs ---40

Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Campbell (R-CO)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Gramm (R-TX)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Helms (R-NC)
Hutchinson (R-AR)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-NH)
Smith (R-OR)
Stevens (R-AK)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thurmond (R-SC)
Voinovich (R-OH)

>>7
Incorrect. The link shows how the bill was voted on and gives an incredible vague description of the bill. Read my post.

>>9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mccain_feingold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_reform

thx for protecting my rights democrats

>>11
as bad as this is, i'm pretty sure republicans have done far more to weaken our right to privacy than this bill about campain advertizements.

>>12 Well, it is still damning of the dems, a little.

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm

See 'Amendment I.'

>>13

i dont disagree with that, this is pretty shitty.

>>2
"Wow that is disgusting.  And the dems are supposed to stand up for personal freedom.. guess that doesn't include the personal freedom to buy airtime and run political ads."

Same goes for many other freedoms they just don't seem to like.

Did anyone notice how the main hobby of reps and dems alike is to pretend to be different?

Take the hint! There really is no difference.

Find a 3rd candidate. Vote for that one.

http://www.lp.org/  <---recommend

http://www.constitutionparty.com/

http://www.gp.org/

The right to free speech only goes so far, folks.  What the fuck do you people think the FCC is in the first place?  You haven't been able to broadcast certain words over the airwaves without steep penalties and now you can't zoom political ads over them as much.  Oh no, big loss.  Fewer lies are travelling across the country.

I hadn't noticed. What is truth?

>>19

"The right to free speech only goes so far, folks."

So much for the supposed free speech-loving liberals.

"What the fuck do you people think the FCC is in the first place?"

An unconstitutional government agency that should be abolished as soon as possible.

"You haven't been able to broadcast certain words over the airwaves without steep penalties and now you can't zoom political ads over them as much.  Oh no, big loss.  Fewer lies are travelling across the country."

So you don't think people should be allowed to swear or run issue-advertisements?

Here's a thought, retard:  If you don't want to hear people cursing on TV, instead of harassing them with stupid laws infringing upon natural liberties, change the channel, or turn it off.

>>19
gb2 china

>>19 is a troll.

>>19 Must have grown up in the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany, and isn't accustomed to being free.