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August 27, 2004
The Natives Are Getting Restless
Bush's attempt to shut down 527 ads in the name of campaign finance reform is such a blatant attack on free speech (not to mention yet another flip-flop on the subject) that even the gang at Neocon Review can't stomach it. Here's Ramesh Ponnuru on the subject:
A brief history: 1) I'm against it, and you should vote for me over John McCain on this basis. 2) Some campaign-finance reforms amount to a restriction on free speech, and I'll veto them on that basis. 3) I'll sign the bill, let the judges sort it out. 4) The bill I just signed bans all those George Soros ads. 5) I'm going to sue to get those ads all banned. 6) I'm going to support legislation to ban those ads that I already banned, even though they used to be free speech. I think (5) and (6) are new this week.
Posted by Mike Tennant at August 27, 2004 04:39 PM