[45999] in Cypherpunks
Re: Telcom bill report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Wed Dec 27 21:58:38 1995
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 19:40 EDT
From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
To: futplex@pseudonym.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: IN%"futplex@pseudonym.com" 21-DEC-1995 18:57:06.16
>> Here's the additional info from Reuters. As usual, Clinton is being a
> coward.
How do you figure ?
> Vice President Gore says President Clinton will sign the bill. Before
> the agreement, the president had been threatening for months to veto
> the bill if Republicans in Congress did not retreat on a long list of
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> issues. They retreated.
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Clinton won on this. The Administration does not appear to have altered its
position on this substantially.
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I am calling Clinton a coward for giving in to the Christian Coalition
and not vetoing this bill due to the censorship portion. He evidently decided
that following his oath of office and upholding the First Amendment wasn't
worth the "porn supporter" criticism Ralph Reed and his lot would direct his
way.
-Allen
