Posted on 09/05/2010 6:45:11 PM PDT by catnipman
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees attorneys sent Simon & Schuster a letter Thursday, hinting that the publisher may have violated several campaign finance laws that prohibit in-kind contributions by corporations by posting on its website a promotional video for a book penned by three top House Republicans.
At issue: the publishing houses promotion of Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders by Reps. Eric Cantor of Virginia, Kevin McCarthy of California and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. The DCCCs attorneys at Perkins Coie sent the New York-based publisher a letter saying its improper for a corporation to host a video on its website that ...
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Remember, fascist is as fascist does: all good little Rats hate both the First and Second Amendments.
If that is the standard then it was improper for Harry Reid to be present for the announcement of a DOD initiave in Nevada.
We have got to fumigate America. We need to keep a few communists around to remind us of their stupidity but, right now, there are way too many communists here.
‘Remember, fascist is as fascist does:’
2/3 Young Gun authors are Tarpers. Lol.
What is a “Tarper”?
This was the kind of issue that ultimately led the USSC to scuttle virtually the entire McShame Campaign Finance Reform act. It was infringing on what could be said in books. If you can’t censor books then it’s only fair that you can’t censor book ads either.
Somebody who voted for the original Bush bank bailout.
Be that as it may, this was peanuts compared to what the Bummer flushed down the toilet so as not to be outdone.
great comeback!
Good one!
And look what they are today..both bloated..both oversexed..both creepy Dems.
Promoting a book is a campaign donation? The Democrats can’t even think straight, and they want us to listen to them?
Did this same nonsense occur when the Federalist Papers were published, articles endorsing ratification of the U.S. Constitution? Did the anti-Constitutionists protest against the publishers of such writings? What a bunch of bunk!
BUSTED!
I still have that original issue, which is why I remembered it. At the time, the media (like in 2008) was in complete ‘over-drive’ to get these two clowns elected over Bush ‘41. This ‘cover’ was the opening salvo in the media propaganda war for the ‘92 election right after their Convention where Gore gave his acceptance speech (July 17, 1992).
Good catch!
First they suppress political speech, then they ban it, then they burn it. Socialists never rest
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