June 04, 2002
From the desk of Jane Galt:Red Badge of Courage Award
Red Badge of Courage Award
Goes to Tapped for this post. Now, we all know that campaign finance supporters support it because they think, in their hearts, that it will help their interests at the expense of the opposition.But until now, few supporters have the courage to come right out and say so. This includes an exhortation to the Democrats to come out and think about "real reform", along the lines of the (unconstitutional at the Federal level) Maine and Arizona public financing schemes. Normally, I'd say "Me no understand -- the reformers got pretty much everything that they want" (until the Supreme Court overturns, anyway). But Tapped has made it all too clear -- real reform is reform that helps the Democrats while hamstringing Republicans. Object-neutral laws are for toddlers.
New slogan for campaign finance reformers: "Now you're playing with power".
Posted by Jane Galt at June 4, 2002 12:45 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links