Political Quotes

“This bill should not be called the campaign finance reform bill. I have some better names for it. It should be called the wealthy country club set control of American politics bill. How about the fat cat influence on American politics bill? How about the rich and incumbent protection Republican campaign bill? That is all this is doing. This is giving special interests an even larger say in campaigns. But at least our Republican friends are consistent. They have spent the past 2 years trying to decimate Medicare and give huge tax breaks for the rich. This is just a continuation of that pattern. Let us continue to give breaks for the rich. Let them control politics. Let them have more influence in politics. Speaker Gingrich said, there is not enough money in politics right now. We ought to have more money in politics. This is exactly the opposite direction that we ought to be going toward. The Republican bill imposes no limits on how much can be spent in a campaign, allowing the influence of special interest money to continue to dominate the political system. The Republican bill increases the importance of soft money in campaigns; thereby increasing the role of special interests in their party.”