re: #127 Walter L. Newton

Actually I find these comments by Pelosi bothersome. Since when does ones freedom of speech to come out for or against a matter have something to do with whether or not there is financing behind the debate.

Actually, I think that the failure in the US to properly regulate campaign finance (and indeed the financing of any political speech) is one of the biggest impediments to “freedom of speech” that there is.

Basically, what it amounts to is that people with more money get to hold the microphone for longer than those with less. And if you have no money, you don’t get to speak at all.