From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 22:23:43 +0800
To: EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Subject: Re: Telcom bill report
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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>