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Posted by Nilet on Sat Mar 24 07:58:54 2007, in response to Re: TA Reading SubChat, posted by JohnL on Fri Mar 23 22:36:52 2007.  3) Within a certain period, election advertising by third parties should be banned. I know there is the First Amendment, but we have already accepted restrictions on free speech in other areas. As in, candidates who manage to get on the ballot can advertise if they belong to the Democratic or Republican parties, but can't if they belong to third parties? I don't quite get this. A better thing to do would be to ban all political advertising and campaigning; give each candidate a questionaire about their positions on various issues, include a spot for them to state positions on issues not included on the questionaire, and if the candidate is an incumbent or has held a different political office before, then provide a concise voting record to show whether or not they have actually promoted the causes they say they stand for. The results, detailing every candidates positions and whether they keep their word on those positions, would be published. I wonder if we'd get a third-party President if the advertising and mud-slinging were turned off... |
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