After 7-31-04 It Will Be Illegal To Refer Or Mention Bush's Name In Paid Ads
Mention Bush's Name In Paid Ads
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News Updates from Citizens for Legitimate Government
March 10, 2004
Supreme Court's Gag Rule on Us 'The Powerful Have Only Gotten More Powerful' --by Nat Hentoff "Independent organizations-not tied to political parties-wanting to place broadcast ads criticizing George W. Bush will have these obstacles, as detailed by the AFL-CIO: 'Beginning 30 days before the first primary or caucus . . . December 14, 2003 . . . Section 203 [of McCain-Feingold] will criminalize broadcast references to the President [sic] in a series of geographic blackouts that will continuously ripple through the Nation, blocking every broadcast outlet, wherever located, whose signal can reach 50,000 persons in an upcoming primary or caucus state until June 8, 2004. This blackout will become national in scope on July 31, 30 days before the August 30-September 2 Republican National Convention . . . and it will then continue without interruption throughout the remaining 60 days until the November 2 [s]election. Thus, from July 31, 2004 until the election, it will be a crime for a union, corporation, or incorporated non-profit organization to pay to broadcast any 'reference' to the President [sic] by 'name,' 'photograph,' 'drawing' or other 'unambiguous' means anywhere in the United States.'"
Bush Campaign Seeks Probe of Election Ads --Dictator Bush's re-s-election campaign says it will ask the Federal Election Commission to investigate a Democratic-leaning group that will air $4.5 million worth of TV ads against Bush, beginning Wednesday. [Bush's 'probe' evokes tremendous irony given that his own 9-11 body parts ads provide some of the tackiest moments in the history of television.]
RNC tells TV stations not to run anti-Bush ads --GOP committee says MoveOn.org's spots are illegally financed --The Republican National Committee is warning television stations across the country not to run ads from the MoveOn.org Voter Fund that criticize Dictator Bush, charging that the left-leaning political group is paying for them with money raised in violation of the new campaign-finance law.
The CLG Newsletter is edited by Lori Price, General Manager, Citizens for Legitimate Government.
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