IP: Quote of the day [ boy, did he mess it up djf]

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

From: Stanton McCandlish <mech () eff org>


This has to be one of the worst blundered political statements ever (I
think what Gephardt means is that efforts to restrict campaign
contributions are running up against First Amendment problems, but he
phrased it REALLY badly.)


Quote of the day typed:


From: qotd-request () ensu ucalgary ca (Quote of the day)
To: qotd () ensu ucalgary ca (Quote of the day mailing list)


"What we have here is two important values in direct conflict: freedom
of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy.
You can't have both."


- U.S. Representative Richard Gephardt (D.-Mo.), a front-runner for the
   2000 Democratic Presidential nomination, quoted in the Wall Street
   Journal.


    Submitted by: Keith Bostic <bostic () bostic com>
                  Aug. 6, 1997
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