Oh man! …2007 ends tomorrow.
I hope they come out with a 2008 version before it is too late. My primary is in early February. 
Don’t think we need a 2008 version. The tenets of Mother Church have not changed. Good article. Too bad we can’t talk about the elections.Oh man! …2007 ends tomorrow.
I know…I was just teasing. I agree about the elections. I have had to PM a couple of times.
It is an exciting contest on the Republican side, and a lot of people said the frontrunner was a foregone conclusion. 
So, are you saying you don’t want me to start PM’ing you daily to garner support for a candidate?
No way! I live in Iowa and get an average of three or four phone calls each day from political candidates. This has been going on for at least a month (and to a lesser extent for several months before). I’ve reached a point where I do not answer the phone… I just let the machine take it since it is usually a machine calling me. I can not wait for the caucuses to be behind us.
Don’t even joke about it! I’d have to unplug my computer and I don’t think I could handle the withdrawl pains.So, are you saying you don’t want me to start PM’ing you daily to garner support for a candidate?
Don’t even joke about it! I’d have to unplug my computer and I don’t think I could handle the withdrawl pains.
All right. You are off the hook, but only because I am in a charitable mood. We can talk all we want about elections. We just can’t talk about the people running in them!
You can HERE. I hope this gets up and running, I think it would be a great way to take conversations we can’t have here to a place we all have in common.
Not for long, though. The theory behind “Campaign Finance Reform” is that political discussion is too important to allow the American people to participate.
It is a privately owned and paid for site - unless the government tells me to shut it down, we can talk about anything we like there.
I understand. I have been quite incensed that this started years ago and that we have to put up with it until November, if not longer.
No way! I live in Iowa and get an average of three or four phone calls each day from political candidates. This has been going on for at least a month (and to a lesser extent for several months before). I’ve reached a point where I do not answer the phone… I just let the machine take it since it is usually a machine calling me. I can not wait for the caucuses to be behind us.
The day is coming – mark my words. Someday you will have to file reports detailing how much discussion each candidate got, and declare that a “campaign contribution.”
I never thought a forum like this would have to worry about losing its tax-exempt status for allowing participants to discuss candidates by name, either.Well, for right now I don’t think we have to worry about that.
~Liza
CAF is a “non-profit”, and they can name candidates, but according to IRS law they would then be taxable. CA split this wing into a taxable part of the organization. If CAF wants to pay taxes, they can name whomever they want.