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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 8 Num. 38
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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JIM HIGHTOWER -- 07/08/96
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Frank McConnell is not a household name, but he's an American
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hero to me because he's what America is all about: ordinary
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folks, willing to confront the powerful.
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Frank's just a citizen who attended a public meeting one year ago
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in New Hampshire that featured Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich
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together, answering questions from the audience. McConnell made
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national news that day, because he asked Clinton and Gingrich to
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stop the bickering and start cleaning up Washington by stopping
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big-money campaign contributions from corrupting our political
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and legislative process. Right then and there, our two most
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powerful political leaders pledged that they would make a
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bi-partisan effort to pass a genuine campaign finance reform
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bill. Then they shook hands on the deal, for all America to see.
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That handshake was such a moment of promise and hope that the
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whole audience burst into cheers.
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A year later, the cheers have died. And so has campaign finance
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reform. Where did these two guys go, Gingrich and Clinton, who
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gave America their word?
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Well of course, suckers! They took your applause and went right
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out on the campaign fund-raising trail where they've been raising
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hundreds of millions of dollars from the exact same political
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interests that Frank McConnell complained about at that town
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meeting! Indeed, on the first anniversary of that handshake,
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Newt Gingrich and the Republicans held a high-dollar dinner that
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pulled in $8 million from corporate lobbyists and fat cats. And
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President Clinton travelled to Las Vegas and California to rake
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in the big bucks from some of the wealthiest people in America.
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Together, Gingrich and Clinton have raised more special interest
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money in the past year than anyone at any time in U.S. history.
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This is Jim Hightower saying, getting corrupt money out of
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politics won't be done by the politicians but by people like us!
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If you're fed up and want to help, call Center for Responsive
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Politics -- 202-857-0044.
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9
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