aquapub
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- Apr 16, 2005
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It began with McCain-Feingold.
Around fifty years ago, the Democrat party was controlled by sane moderates. It has since been controlled by Hollywood fanatics, Anti-American activist groups, wealthy elitist snobs, and extreme socialists. But it was never so clear until McCain-Feingold was passed. That law did two very important things:
1) It dispelled the long-lived myth that liberals somehow represent the little guy and that conservatives represent the bloodless elite. How? McCain-Feingold drastically limited the amount of money individuals could contribute to elections. (Because of this, McCain-Feingold was initially thought of by the liberal media as a victory for Democrats. The media had been an accessory in perpetuating this myth for so long that they had actually convinced themselves it was reality). But in the first month of fundraising for the 2004 presidential race, under these new restrictions, Republicans pulled in a staggering $18.9 million, while Democrats managed to come up with only $3.9 million.
If the myth were not a myth, these numbers would be reversed. In other words, when restricted to small contributions from individual citizens, Republicans thrive. When there are no restrictions and the enormously wealthy can dump tens of millions of dollars into campaigns, Democrats thrive. Month after month these figures continued to demonstrate this reality.
Democrats and their allies in the media suddenly started to realize that McCain-Feingold was exposing the real base of the Democrat party-Hollywood fanatics/millionaire elitist snobs and loonies like George Soros, Ted Turner, and Teresa Heinz-Kerry.
Of course, this reality had already been demonstrated numerous times before. You can always tell who really is on your side by who runs to your aid when you are in a crisis. In Election 2000, when Bush and Gore suddenly found themselves in need of quick fundraising, Bush limited his campaign contributions to around $500 per donor. Gore refused to put a limit on his (because his base was made up of the very rich and few). The average contribution to Bush’s legal fund was around $50. The average for Gore’s was in the thousands. Republicans rose more than twice what Democrats did. At $50 bucks a pop, this can only have happened if Republicans had vastly more supporters working out of relatively small budgets. Republicans represent the common man. The campaign finance numbers always indicate this.
2) I am generally against most campaign finance laws because no matter what gets changed, it only ever amounts to a rearranging of the loopholes. The second important thing McCain-Feingold did was prove me right about this. It left a big loophole where “independent” 527 groups were concerned. Contributors could still give UNLIMITED amounts to these groups and only these groups, so the few, the rich, the Democrats were able to make up for their inability to raise money relying on average Joe contributions by dumping their vast riches into these groups. These groups in turn created fanatical smear campaigns with MoveOn.org at center stage. George Soros and handful of other gazillionaires dumped over $78 million into these “independent” 527 groups (this is more than Bush AND Kerry were able to raise the legitimate way).
McCain-Feingold specifically stated that these groups were supposed to refrain from coordinating efforts with or even mentioning any federal candidates or party leadership in the course of their activities, but Democrats just blatantly disregarded the law in its entirety (shocker :roll: ) Ignoramus snobs like Ariana Huffington made a mockery of the honest intent of the law by telling stories about "some Texan who we will call, Buddy, lying about WMD,..." and so on.
BEFORE McCain Feingold, the Hollywood fanatics and rich elitist snobs who compose the base of the Democrat party didn’t have much direct power. They always had to give their millions to the Democratic National Committee and hope for the best. But NOW these incredibly fanatical Democrats had become the most powerful Democrats in the party with DIRECT roles in every step of the campaign.
In other words, McCain-Feingold handed all the power of the Democrat party to its most fanatical members by forcing them to channel the base of their funding- the few, the rich, the elitists-into organizations that would answer directly to the fanatics, thus removing the filter of the DNC moderates. THAT is why and how the Democrat party fell off the sanity wagon.
These 527 groups changed EVERYTHING about how campaigning will work in this country forever. Between the Hitler commercial-smear campaigns of MoveOn.org, the Deaniacs networking on line to reach untapped potential supporters, and the Michael Moore sheep coordinating efforts nationwide to get huge turnout for Moore’s now debunked propaganda flicks (this was done to generate the illusion that the little people were overwhelmingly siding with the left and rejecting Bush), it is clear that the Democrat party is now fully controlled by these ridiculous conspiracy theorists and anti-American degenerates.
Around fifty years ago, the Democrat party was controlled by sane moderates. It has since been controlled by Hollywood fanatics, Anti-American activist groups, wealthy elitist snobs, and extreme socialists. But it was never so clear until McCain-Feingold was passed. That law did two very important things:
1) It dispelled the long-lived myth that liberals somehow represent the little guy and that conservatives represent the bloodless elite. How? McCain-Feingold drastically limited the amount of money individuals could contribute to elections. (Because of this, McCain-Feingold was initially thought of by the liberal media as a victory for Democrats. The media had been an accessory in perpetuating this myth for so long that they had actually convinced themselves it was reality). But in the first month of fundraising for the 2004 presidential race, under these new restrictions, Republicans pulled in a staggering $18.9 million, while Democrats managed to come up with only $3.9 million.
If the myth were not a myth, these numbers would be reversed. In other words, when restricted to small contributions from individual citizens, Republicans thrive. When there are no restrictions and the enormously wealthy can dump tens of millions of dollars into campaigns, Democrats thrive. Month after month these figures continued to demonstrate this reality.
Democrats and their allies in the media suddenly started to realize that McCain-Feingold was exposing the real base of the Democrat party-Hollywood fanatics/millionaire elitist snobs and loonies like George Soros, Ted Turner, and Teresa Heinz-Kerry.
Of course, this reality had already been demonstrated numerous times before. You can always tell who really is on your side by who runs to your aid when you are in a crisis. In Election 2000, when Bush and Gore suddenly found themselves in need of quick fundraising, Bush limited his campaign contributions to around $500 per donor. Gore refused to put a limit on his (because his base was made up of the very rich and few). The average contribution to Bush’s legal fund was around $50. The average for Gore’s was in the thousands. Republicans rose more than twice what Democrats did. At $50 bucks a pop, this can only have happened if Republicans had vastly more supporters working out of relatively small budgets. Republicans represent the common man. The campaign finance numbers always indicate this.
2) I am generally against most campaign finance laws because no matter what gets changed, it only ever amounts to a rearranging of the loopholes. The second important thing McCain-Feingold did was prove me right about this. It left a big loophole where “independent” 527 groups were concerned. Contributors could still give UNLIMITED amounts to these groups and only these groups, so the few, the rich, the Democrats were able to make up for their inability to raise money relying on average Joe contributions by dumping their vast riches into these groups. These groups in turn created fanatical smear campaigns with MoveOn.org at center stage. George Soros and handful of other gazillionaires dumped over $78 million into these “independent” 527 groups (this is more than Bush AND Kerry were able to raise the legitimate way).
McCain-Feingold specifically stated that these groups were supposed to refrain from coordinating efforts with or even mentioning any federal candidates or party leadership in the course of their activities, but Democrats just blatantly disregarded the law in its entirety (shocker :roll: ) Ignoramus snobs like Ariana Huffington made a mockery of the honest intent of the law by telling stories about "some Texan who we will call, Buddy, lying about WMD,..." and so on.
BEFORE McCain Feingold, the Hollywood fanatics and rich elitist snobs who compose the base of the Democrat party didn’t have much direct power. They always had to give their millions to the Democratic National Committee and hope for the best. But NOW these incredibly fanatical Democrats had become the most powerful Democrats in the party with DIRECT roles in every step of the campaign.
In other words, McCain-Feingold handed all the power of the Democrat party to its most fanatical members by forcing them to channel the base of their funding- the few, the rich, the elitists-into organizations that would answer directly to the fanatics, thus removing the filter of the DNC moderates. THAT is why and how the Democrat party fell off the sanity wagon.
These 527 groups changed EVERYTHING about how campaigning will work in this country forever. Between the Hitler commercial-smear campaigns of MoveOn.org, the Deaniacs networking on line to reach untapped potential supporters, and the Michael Moore sheep coordinating efforts nationwide to get huge turnout for Moore’s now debunked propaganda flicks (this was done to generate the illusion that the little people were overwhelmingly siding with the left and rejecting Bush), it is clear that the Democrat party is now fully controlled by these ridiculous conspiracy theorists and anti-American degenerates.
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