QandO

August 19, 2004

Heh
Posted by Dale Franks

I love the last line of this news story about the Swiftvets taking another big chunk of money from a Republican donor:

"The real question is why won't President Bush heed Sen. McCain's call to condemn this ad?" said Clanton of the Kerry campaign. "With one phone call, George Bush could put an end to this smear of John Kerry's military service."

Uh, actually Mr. Clanton, no, he couldn't. Thanks to McCain-Feingold, Federal Law now bans any coordination between a campaign and a 527 Organization. If Mr. Bush were to call off the Swiftvet ads, it would be prima facie evidence of a serious violation of campaign finance law.

It was you guys on the Left that were so gung-ho for McCain-Feingold. Well, you got it. Deal with it.

Not quite as pleasant, is it, now that you've figured out Republicans can start 527 Organizations, too, is it?

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