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To: El Gato; tomahawk
Nope, the TV station that ran the ad would not be an "accessory." To the contrary, as I've noted in other posts on this thread, as long as a federal candidate is in the equation the station MUST carry the ad and cannot censor it.

John / Billybob

1,481 posted on 12/10/2003 3:39:58 PM PST by Congressman Billybob (www.ArmorforCongress.com Visit. Join. Help. Please.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
I've been dreaming of a TV ad here in Connecticut since Congressman Chris Shays (RINO-CT), got the house version of this abomination passed.

It's very simple:

5 guys are sitting at a table. They get up one at a time, recite their names and towns, and say 'I am not voting for Christopher Shays because...'. One would say 'I am voting for Christopher Shays because...'.

After each one finishes a policeman handcuffs them and takes them away. At the end someone off camera says 'You are under arrest for violating the Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform act.'

We'd then throw in something like 'the following people supported this ad:' and run a list of 100 or so people.

We'd end with a pro-America tag line.

I'd pay for it with my own money.

1,537 posted on 12/10/2003 5:23:08 PM PST by ModernDayCato
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To: Congressman Billybob

Nope, the TV station that ran the ad would not be an "accessory." To the contrary, as I've noted in other posts on this thread, as long as a federal candidate is in the equation the station MUST carry the ad and cannot censor it.

I made that comment before getting to your scheme. However it seems to me that the scheme doesn't address the issue, that being that a group can't run such ads in the proscribed time frames. If it's the candidate's ad, with a bunch of other folks names on it, that's not the same thing, and even winning a case based on such an ad might cause a small change in the way the law is enforced, but nothing more.

1,700 posted on 12/10/2003 9:42:28 PM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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