[46014] in Cypherpunks
Re: Telcom bill report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Futplex)
Thu Dec 28 02:59:23 1995
To: EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 01:21:03 -0500 (EST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Reply-To: futplex@pseudonym.com
In-Reply-To: <01HZBAWIUN7C8Y55DD@mbcl.rutgers.edu> from "E. ALLEN SMITH" at Dec 27, 95 07:40:00 pm
From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
E. ALLEN SMITH writes:
> >> 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
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> > issues. They retreated.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Clinton won on this. The Administration does not appear to have altered its
> position on this substantially.
> ----------
> 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.
Thanks ever so much for posting my non-list-relevant private mail to the list.
-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
