[EL] Republican Nirvana

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Oh that dishonest Jonathan! Jim Bopp


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From: Steve Klein <stephen.klein.esq at gmail.com> 
Date: 07/07/2015  3:50 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: Tyler Creighton <tyler at rethinkmedia.org> 
Cc: jboppjr <jboppjr at aol.com>, "law-election at UCI.edu" <law-election at uci.edu> 
Subject: Re: [EL] Republican Nirvana 

Wow. Talk about a misrepresentation and distortion. Did somebody forget the very case he argued before the Supreme Court? Super PACs and c4 participation are the wellspring of court decisions. Arguing otherwise is a dishonest attempt to call for the elimination of all contribution limits.
“Hard limits were what gave soft money its allure . . . . If large soft-money donations were banned, the
parties might wilt as interest groups circumvented them. And where would the
special interests take their money? Probably into ad campaigns of their own.
Politicians already complain that they are becoming pawns in their own races
because their fund raising is limited while that of outside interests is not.
Banning soft money could remove campaigns further from the candidates' and
parties' control.”
- Jonathan Rauch, National Journal, March 1997. 
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Tyler Creighton <tyler at rethinkmedia.org> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 1:29 PM, jboppjr <jboppjr at aol.com> wrote:
Absurdly low contribution limits are the wellspring from which superpacs and c4 participation in politics flows 
Wow. Talk about a misrepresentation and distortion. Did somebody forget the very case he argued before the Supreme Court? Super PACs and c4 participation are the wellspring of court decisions. Arguing otherwise is a dishonest attempt to call for the elimination of all contribution limits.

Tyler Creighton | tyler at rethinkmedia.org  |  Media Associate
ReThink Media | (925) 548-2189 mobile @ReThinkDemocrcy | @ReThink_Media | @TylerCreighton


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