Political Quotes

“I read earlier an ad in a Senate race from the State of Washington paid for by the Democratic Party. Now an ad from the Republican Party in Kentucky in a Senate race. Voice: ``We all know Scotty Baesler voted to export thousands of Kentucky jobs to Mexico, what with that NAFTA trade deal.'' Voice of Mexican actor: ``Muchas gracias, Senor Baesler.'' Voice: ``But he also voted to give China special trade privileges, even though they're shutting out Kentucky-made products.'' In Chinese: ``Thank you, Scotty Baesler.'' ``And now he wants,'' the voice says, ``to give U.S. tax dollars to the U.N.'' In a multiple foreign language voice or voices, ``Thank you, Scotty Baesler.'' And then in writing on the screen, ``Tell Scotty Baesler to start putting Kentucky first.'' If it had said ``defeat Scotty Baesler'' it's under Federal regulations. Because that one word is left out, although the whole atmosphere of that ad is a campaign ad, it falls outside of Federal regulations. Express advocacy is the test and that is express advocacy, that ad. No one is accusing opponents of Shays-Meehan of being corrupt. They are defending a corrupting system. Sure the public does not run up and say to us, ``Vote for Shays-Meehan.'' And one reason is because they are cynical that this Congress will ever act. It is time for us to respond to that cynicism. It is time for us to act. Vote for Shays- Meehan.”