Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sign Against McCain, The Crook
0 commentsThere is a petition to the Federal Election Commission afoot to hold John McCain accountable to the very law he worked so diligently to pass. He made this law a career-defining endeavor, despite all of the heat he took for his efforts from the Republicans of the nut-based right. They, of course, took this simple anti-corruption law to be an infringement of their constitutionally protected free speech. Ignoring that obvious logical flight of fancy, in essence they say, "I have a constitutional right to pervert the system!"
The bevy of talking heads clogging up the news shows clearly and openly admit the system does not work in their favor, so they assert they are at full liberty to bastardize core American principles in order to continue their privilege. If you can't win it, buy it.
McCain thought their financial stranglehold on the electoral process was a bad thing, a very bad thing for the country—until, of course, he was in a position to benefit from all those illegal contributions. And—again, of course—he now stands charged with breaking the very law he helped to create and pass. Simply because he was the last of the seven woeful candidates for the GOP nomination left standing.
Ahhhh, I love the smell of corruption in the morning...
So, go to FireDogLake to sign the petition to the FEC to hold John McCain as accountable to American law as any other American citizen. You can add a comment as you sign, as well.
Here is the comment I added:The United States of America is a country of laws.
OR
The United States of America is not a country of laws.
The fork the country faces is that stark.
If McCain can ignore the law he staked his career on to pass, and if President Bush can ignore his constitutionally mandated duties with the other branches of our government with no hint of punishment, then every American is perfectly free to steal from the corner supermarket. No law would apply to any of us, either.
The FEC is being propelled down a path to that fork, which it cannot avoid.
The FEC can either support the American system of laws or it can support the U.S.'s return to the murderous, criminal Wild West of pioneer days.
It cannot do nothing.
There is no third choice.
So, go. Sign.
posted by Gotham 12:36 PM
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