Experts: Obama-Ayers Ad May Be Illegal »
Posted By bluetexasvalley 1 year, 4 months ago in NewsA new ad raising Barack Obama's ties to 60s-era radical William Ayers may violate election law, according to campaign finance experts interviewed by the Huffington Post.
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bluetexasvalley1 year, 4 months ago
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"This negative campaign ad is clearly express(sic) advocacy, and under a federal law passed in 2003, the Bi-Partisan Campaign Reform Act (known colloquially as McCain-Feingold), it cannot legally be paid for with corporate money, including those of a non-profit," said Laura MacCleery, deputy director of the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice. "The ad indisputably concerns an election, takes a position on the character and fitness for office of a candidate, and raises no legislative issue. Even this highly skeptical Supreme Court would turn up its noses at the foul odor emitted by this clear abuse of federal election law." -
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Charlson1 year, 4 months ago
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I find it ludicrous to link Obama to Ayers past activities just because he met with him and is friendly to him. You might as well link Bush to the things Putin did in the KGB because of Bush's admiration and friendship with him. The republicans will use and abuse anything that they can to smear Obama. Pitiful.
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nikkibabe1 year, 4 months ago
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How about McCain and Keating 5 attack ad to counter this one? After all the straight talk express bilked thousands of small depositors, seniors and pensioners out of their life savings in the biggest Keating 5 S&L scandal in 1980's. This should be fair game.
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