Twisted Logic
Feb 8th, 2008 by Mark
This is too funny. Liberals just can’t stand it when the public has any say. In an editorial in the San Diego City Beat, the “editors” posted this doozy.
We’ve lamented repeatedly in this space that private money over and over again gets in the way of good public policy at every level of government, and we’ve registered numerous times our wish that such money could be eliminated from elections altogether. The problem is, contributing to political campaigns falls under the umbrella of free speech.
Yes, it truly does suck for liberals when they can’t control us little people. Unreal.
What can we do to stop those damn citizens
So, we’re left only with the ability to crack down along the margins—which can lead to unintended consequences, such as the rise of so-called 527 groups, which, in 2004, led to the “swiftboating” of John Kerry—or focus instead on making the exchange of money as transparent as possible, so that the public knows who’s expecting favorable policy from elected officials.
Then they gripe about what happens when their “solutions” create more problems. As if anything they do, is not a recipe for disaster. Notice they did not complain about how Barrack Obama was able to “swiftboat” Jack Ryan out of the race for the Senate Seat that Obama now holds. Oh and an aside for the liberal SD Reader “Editors”: John F’n Kerry was caught in a lie, and could not defend himself; so he went home a loser. It’s not the fault of anyone but John F’n Kerry.
It must be noted that nothing in this discussion touches on yet another way campaign donors skirt contribution limits. They can also donate so-called “soft” money—large contributions to the county Democratic and Republican parties, which, in turn, conduct what’s known as “member communications.” Such communications include mailers urging people to vote for certain candidates. It’s a practice that’s permitted under state law. The state Legislature, in fact, has strengthened that position, passing a law that forbids local governments from restricting member communications. Before that law passed, the San Diego Ethics Commission sought advice from the state Fair Political Practices Commission on regulating such communications.
The city of Los Angeles has imposed restrictions on member communications and is arguing that, as a charter city, it’s not bound by the recent state law. San Diego, too, is a charter city. We encourage the local Ethics Commission to follow L.A.’s lead.
Yes, SD Ethics commission get on that right now. We can’t have people expressing their views through anything other than the anointed organs of liberalism such as the: NYT, LAT, SDUT, SD City Beat, The Nation, etc… Heaven forbid that actual voters get to have that dreaded Free Speech you liberals hate so much.
The best part is they don’t even see they hypocrisy in what they propose. They actual believe we are so stupid as to need them to tell us what to think. Thanks, but no thanks.
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