[justshutupandtakeit]

Wonder why it is that those believing this to be a horrible law (the death knell of the Republic) keep pretending that it stops ALL ads before an election and ignore the FACT that ads can still be funded from hard money at ANY time and with ANY content?

It couldn't be because it undermines their claims that the apocalypse is just around the corner could it?

[FirstPrinciple]

By what you are saying, the NAACP (back when it used to be a civil rights group) would have never been able to make political change in the south. They were able to launch an anonymous campaign against the Jim Crow politicians under several umbrella groups, and would have been absolutely unsuccessful if they actually put their own name in their political campaign. Anonymity is a big deal, especially because most ordinary folks do not have enough clout to voice their political concerns. They join a PAC, which raises soft money from other like minded individuals. What we are saying is that the silent majority, of which most Americans are part of, will not be allowed to participate in politics any longer, especially right before the election when people are payign attention.