RW freaking out over Pelosi's lobbying bill initative...

[sabra]

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/1/1/200135.shtml?s=lh

Pelosi Set to Attack Conservatives

Leading Capitol Hill watchdogs are sounding alarms by plans of the soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her majority of House Democrats to ram through a new law that would seriously undermine free speech – and put restrictions on conservative groups and others who encourage ordinary citizens to directly deal with Congress.

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At the top of the list is seemingly good legislation intended to curb the power of lobbyists. But the Pelosi law goes far beyond bridling Washington influence peddlers. Under her proposed legislation, Pelosi will seek to control and limit any organization in America from encouraging citizens to communicate and influence Congress.

Unlike the other Pelosi New Year's resolutions (committing to no new deficit spending, fully enacting the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, raising the minimum wage, letting the feds bargain on prices for Medicare drugs, ramping-up stem cell research, cutting interest rates on college loans, cutting subsidies to oil companies, or protecting the status quo with Social Security), this one has the hackles up and bristling early on.

Richard A. Viguerie, the famous conservative direct-mail guru and author of the recent "Conservatives Betrayed: How the Republican Party Hijacked the Conservative Cause," has sounded a clarion call about the Pelosi lobbying initiative.

"The . . . plan is perhaps the most comprehensive regulation of political speech ever proposed, and would make small grassroots causes report quarterly to Congress -- the same as K Street lobbyists representing wealthy interests before Congress,' Viguerie says.

[zanne]

1. Welcome to our world, freepers! nt

[still_one]

2. It is about time. Corporations are NOT individuals, and lobbists represent conflicts of interests

that should not be allowed in government legislation

It is legalized bribery

[sharp_stick]

3. Now the whack jobs

are concerned with free speech and ramming bills through congress? Gawd I love it! Poor poor little right wing pricks, may they languish in minority status for a generation or more.

[babylonsister]

4. Undermining free speech? Gimme a break. We are being

monitored by this rethug admin; who's undermined who?
And why wasn't this an issue for Viguerie et al., when rethugs had the reins? What's good for the goose...

[spanone]

8. Bribes are more than free speech. They are illegal. Plain & simple.

If you want corrupt politicians, you throw money at them.

[dogday]

5. It's a start

I hope this is just the beginning....

[Brewman_Jax]

6. Long overdue

Murphy's Golden Rule shouldn't apply to the branches of government.

[derby378]

7. Why are we listening to Newsmax?

It's a FReeper rag. Unreliable.

[sabra]

9. fun to expose the RW hypocrisy?

[peacetalksforall]

11. This time we're hearing the right wing reaction - we're not relying on

them for news or analysis of news. This time they are th emessenger of right wing positions? I see a distinciton in this one.

I can't waste my time reading them, but I'm glad there are watchers bringing us insight into their twisted logic and positions - from time to time.

[twilight_sailing]

10. Ah, good old Newsmax -

Is this true?

"Pelosi will seek to control and limit any organization in America from encouraging citizens to communicate and influence Congress."


Or is this true?

(the plan would) "make small grassroots causes report quarterly to Congress".

Not quite the same thing, are they?

[Lowell]

12. Lets set up free speech zones for the freeps

and their lobbiest. You know, behind thick walls with bars on the windows.
Suck it up toads.