Clinton Stinks of Cash

Clinton's in Dallas tonight, on one of his now infamous soft money grabs. The pig can't keep his snout out of the trough. His let-them-eat-cake motorcade spoiled my nice evening drive with my wife. When I got home, I found an email from the great people at Common Cause about this new bit of Clintonian piggishness:

President Clinton's expected nomination of Bradley A. Smith to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) reeks of the kind of back-room deal making that turns Americans away from politics and government. This decision undermines, rather than strengthens, a commission already known in Washington as the Failure to Enforce Commission.

By deciding to nominate Smith, President Clinton has caved in to an increasingly extreme faction in this country, led by Senator Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Trent Lott, who actually believe that big money in politics should be increased, rather than reduced. Just as President Reagan rejected the nomination of Thomas Harris to the FEC in 1985, then the choice of Senate Democrats, President Clinton should have similarly dug in his heels and refused to forward the Smith nomination.

At a time when the idea that we need to reduce the influence of big money in our elections and our government is gaining ground, President Clinton is nominating someone to the FEC who has complete and utter hostility to the laws he would be charged with enforcing.