> -- It prohibits labor unions and corporations from using "soft money" to > fund advertising that mentions a federal candidate within 60 days of a > general election and 30 days of a primary. While these organizations can > finance some ads through political action committees, they must > disclose the names of their donors.
Two notes of clarification (listening to Rush on this topic) The bill includes provisions stating that no advertising campaign of any kind may be run to criticize an opponent or an incumbent, which means that if you think your opponent screwed up the you can't say anything about it within the 60 and 30 day limits. Also, most people don't start "researching" who they want to vote for until the last 2 weeks or so before an election... either that or they've already made up their minds. So, I still stick with my logical conclusion that the bill is abridging the freedom of speech. Ethical actions of the recipients aside, there's serious problems with this picture. Hatton ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
