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The
Separation of Campaigns and the 527s
EDITORIAL
Frank Salvato
August 19, 2004 |
Well, now even the "also-rans” are starting
to pop up. As the mainstream media starts to explore John Kerry’s military
honors, something long overdue, we are seeing the likes of Wesley Clark and
Howard Dean joining the chorus of leftists in an effort to coax President
Bush into violating the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. What a
disingenuous tactic, wouldn’t you say?
The fact of the matter is this; no political campaign can orchestrate,
coordinate or collude with any 527 group lest they be in violation of
McCain-Feingold, a law that has turned out to be a complete disaster for the
American political process.
Keeping that in mind, what do you think the Kerry campaign would say if
President Bush or the Bush campaign directly contacted the Swift Boat
Veterans for the Truth (SBVT) to tell them to cease their television ads?
The answers to that question are pretty much mired in the "gotcha game.”
By communicating with SBVT the Kerry campaign would first claim that the
Bush campaign had violated McCain-Feingold and they would be correct. By
having direct contact with SBVT the Bush campaign would be violating
McCain-Feingold. Some would argue that’s exactly why the disingenuous
liberal-left and the Kerry campaign is taunting the president to do, violate
the law in order to create another election year talking point.
For the same reason, the Kerry campaign has said nothing that directly
addresses the 527s that are currently violating McCain-Feingold by directly
calling for the demise of President Bush in November. Currently MoveOn.org,
America Coming Together and the host of other George Soros and Stephen Bing
financed 527s violate the provision in McCain Feingold that states no 527
tax exempt group can call directly for the defeat of a nationally slated
candidate. The Republican National Committee filed suit with the Federal
Election Commission but the commission has refused to intervene before the
election to decide on this activity. Truly, the FEC should be investigated
for their lack of action.
Another reason the taunting of the Kerry campaign and the liberal-left is
disingenuous is that the millisecond President Bush directly communicated
with SBVT they would claim validation in their contention that the Bush
campaign was behind the organization of swift boat veterans. Such is the
sick and twisted, narcissistic "gotcha game” of the liberal left, the Kerry
campaign and today’s Democratic Party. It is no wonder Georgia Senator Zell
Miller has taken a stance of disgust with the present day Democratic Party
of "McAulinistas.”
President Bush has done all that he can to address the 527 issue without
stepping over the line of legality, much to the dismay of the Kerry campaign
and the liberal creatures who sit in the dank, shadowy recesses of Michael
Moore’s pathetic little Gollum-styled hovel, salivating for just such a
political blunder. President Bush has gone on record as saying that all of
the 527 action on both sides should cease their activity so the two
candidates and their campaigns can address the issues. A statement vilifying
the left-leaning 527 groups is still forthcoming from the Kerry campaign.
And if you expect to hear such a statement from the Kerry campaign anytime
soon I suggest that you bring enough supplies for the wait. You might, just
might, see one sometime after November second when the Kerry campaign is
calling for recounts and trying to place blame for a failed presidential bid
on anything and anyone besides themselves and the divisive, negative tactics
they employed during one of the dirtiest Democratic campaigns for president
the United States has ever seen.
Perhaps the vicious, negative fabrications utilized by 527s such as
MoveOn.org and America Coming Together, fabrications masked as truths and
facts in their television and radio ads, will finally move the American
people to scream for real campaign finance reform. Or perhaps we will see a
plethora of lawsuits charging those and other 527 groups like them with
violating the truth in advertising laws. But until then, roll on 527s, roll
on. And remember, President Bush is the only candidate running for president
in 2004 that has called for 527 action to cease. John Kerry, what say you?
John? Now where is he now?
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