As bloggers and websites become the next target.
Never mind that it should never have become law. Never mind that the President signed a bill that restricts political speech. Supreme Court? No problem.
Now that we've been through the first election cycle under the McCain-Feingold campaign finance 'reform' legislation, I pose the question, did it work? More money was spent this last election than ever before. That answers the question. A loophole called 527's was allowed, by the Supremes, to continue. Soros, MoveOver.org (according to them), and hundreds more like 'em. 'McCain-Feingold has failed spectacularly in its stated goal of reining in fat-cat donors.'
Not undaunted by failure, they've set their sights on the internet, especially bloggers. They think they can make a case that a blog that claims to support a candidate or has a link to a candidate's website on your website, can be included in the excluded class. Well, I think we need a special congressional investigation, with as much humiliation possible, you know, like they did to the baseball players. 'Torture', according to Sen. Joe Biden. And the senate select panel on government BS will ask Sens. McCain and Feingold if they think their bill did what it was intended to do. How do they explain the record dollar amounts spent? What is their plan to fix it? Or should the Congress step in and rescind the bill if they don't come up with a plan the panel likes? The track record would warrant such a fix.
Apparently, operating under the assumption that they know what they're doing, that is, that they know how to limit more free political speech and get away with it, the're looking at enlarging the silenced population to include bloggers and website operators. That, in order to comply with the legislation.
McCain-Feingold Online. Will the FEC make bloggers kiss the First Amendment goodbye? [OpinionJournal.com]
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