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Bruno: Campaign Finance Reform = "Hocus Pocus Rules"

by: phillip anderson

Fri Jun 15, 2007 at 08:51:44 AM EDT

On Wednesday, my dear friend Joe Bruno claimed that not only had he never smoked marijuana, but that he "doesn't even know what it smells like." After reading about Bruno's bizarre defense of unlimited campaign donations and his assertion that "money doesn't buy elections" at yesterday's leaders meeting, I'm not so sure. Bruno claims that he's "philosophically opposed" to the very notion of campaign finance reform and referred to the legislation proposed by the governor as "hocus pocus rules". Apparently, he then consumed an entire bag of "hint of lime" doritos and a whole jar of peanut butter...

Bruno Attacks Spitzer's Plan For Campaign Finance Reform

Throwing a wrench into Governor Eliot Spitzer's campaign finance reform goals, Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno said Thursday he's philosophically opposed to the idea – right to Spitzer's face.
"That's a wrong premise, I’m sorry,” said Spitzer. “Money does not buy elections."
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"What are they buying? They write checks on this side and on that side. Now what do you do? Do you vote, let's see who gave us the biggest check? That's bull, in plain English,” said Bruno. “We keep saying that and talking about that and ‘I'm sorry.’ Then you want to make all these hocus pocus rules."

Dude...

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Bruno: Campaign Finance Reform = "Hocus Pocus Rules" | 3 comments

Leadership? (4.00 / 2)

It's hard to see how this performance will help Bruno's faithful minions come November, 2008.

It is pathetic -- they know that their only hope for holding on to power lies with the big contributions to which they have become accustomed.

We need to keep the pressure on and get the word out.

by: greenheron @ Fri Jun 15, 2007 at 12:03:10 PM CDT

It's getting closer. . . (4.00 / 1)

Citizen Action is expecting a bill soon, and Bruno is probably trying to throw some cold water on the project before Spitzer gets a chance to put something on the table. MetroJustice of Rochester was planning on going to Albany next week for a press conference, we'll see what they have to press about: the need for reform or the need for a reform package.

My bet is that this one flies with our without Bruno's support. Especially now that he's decided to be so in-your-face about it.

Watching from just above the water line. . . .

by: DragonFlyEye @ Fri Jun 15, 2007 at 13:21:29 PM CDT

Tough luck, Joe.... (0.00 / 0)

...but we WILL have rules to govern your campaign-finance hocus-pocus. Your days of hocus-pocus without rules are numbered.... and, the feds may actually enforce THEIR rules, too. See if you can turn THAT into an under-valued racehorse broodmare buy (bribe), or pull something else out of your hat (or elsewhere).

by: robinia @ Sun Jun 17, 2007 at 07:47:53 AM CDT