Another insane action needs correction

After hearing that we lost the case against McCain-Feingold, I decided to take my own action , and am writing to my congressmen. anybody else who spends time in the blogosphere, please consider doing the same. Here is the content of my e-mails to Senators Richard Durbin and Barack Obama, and to Representative Lane Evans:

As a member of your constituency, I expect you to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Therefore, I hope you will do your utmost to correct the egregious error that is commonly known as "McCain-Feingold", an absolutely unconstitutional law which abridges free speech. With the recent decision in court, in which Judge Colleen Kollar-Ketelly upheld the aforementioned abomination, our rights under the First Amendment are further eroded. I urge you to consider the words of Bradley Smith, one of the FEC's commissioners, as presented in an interview with news.com, posted at (all addresses provided in their entirety in letter)
Link here
" It's going to be a battle, and if nobody in Congress is willing to stand up and say, "Keep your hands off of this, and we'll change the statute to make it clear," then I think grassroots Internet activity is in danger. The impact would affect e-mail lists, especially if there's any sense that they're done in coordination with the campaign. If I forward something from the campaign to my personal list of several hundred people, which is a great grassroots activity, that's what we're talking about having to look at."

He concludes with, "This is an incredible thicket. If someone else doesn't take action, for instance in Congress, we're running a real possibility of serious Internet regulation. It's going to be bizarre."

This "grassroots Internet activity", as you may realize, includes the words of the voting public.

I also urge you to read the words of other interested parties, at Michelle Malkin's blog
and especially at Captain's Quarters blog
whose founder writes, "We may debate about the effect of unregulated cash on our electoral system, but if this new FEC effort comes to pass, the only people debating will be the corporate-owned media and the politicians. The rest of us will have been effectively bound and gagged, unable to contribute in any way thanks to the efforts of those who fear their own constituents. You can be assured that none of us in the blogosphere will fail to recognize those who do not act to defend our rights to free and unfettered political speech, and regardless of political party, none of us will rest until those voices of repression are stripped of office by the voters they hold in such low regard.

"I, for one, will not be daunted by your attempts to stifle us. My many friends and colleagues on both sides of the political aisle stand as ready as I to defend the Constitution. We demand a hearing on McCain-Feingold, with open testimony before the press and our colleagues, and we demand action to reform or repeal this dangerous and un-American muzzle on political speech."


This court decision -- and the law it supports -- is very much in violation of every citizen's right to free speech. I am a new blogger, and, while I can understand the intent behind both "McCain-Feingold" and the recent decision to support it, I also value my right as an American to freely endorse candidates by providing factual data and offering my friends and fellow internet users access to the same. I would prefer to see that this does not become an adversarial issue, but should you and the other members of Congress allow this travesty to continue, I will surely see it as both my Constitutional right and my patriotic duty to campaign against all who have supported it, no matter the cost.