[PhiKapMom]

Not that I'm defending this total piece of crap from the court, but the decision only affects groups, not you personally.

That deserved big bold lettering. People's freedom of speech have not been stopped by this bill -- never was and never will be. Like you said, they can write any amount of check they want to buy an add. Move-On.org cannot to put in perspective. Thanks for posting this!

[Moby Grape]

Individual, for the most part, cannot afford to place ads on TV...they give their monies to groups who with the collective power of the monies, can then do so on their behalf...this ruling DOES effect individual free speech.

[Law]

Not that I'm defending this total piece of crap from the court, but the decision only affects groups, not you personally.

That deserved big bold lettering. People's freedom of speech have not been stopped by this bill -- never was and never will be. Like you said, they can write any amount of check they want to buy an add.

I don't recall any individual exception to the BCRA speech ban. And if individuals are exempt, why would Soros donate $10 million to a group he doesn't control rather than produce and pay for his own ads? The same applies to the Hollywood donors to Ickes' media fund.

[IGOTMINE]

"That deserved big bold lettering. People's freedom of speech have not been stopped by this bill -- never was and never will be. Like you said, they can write any amount of check they want to buy an add. Move-On.org cannot to put in perspective. Thanks for posting this!"

Sure we can buy an "add". But we can't run it 60 days prior to an election.

And the fact that his law applies to the left as well is totally IRRELEVANT! IT IS A USURPATION OF OUR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS!

Catch up, will ya!

[San Jacinto]

I can't take much solace from the fact that I am still free to pay $90,000 for a full page newspaper ad or a TV spot, but a group to which I might contribute 50 bucks is not free to do so.

[Revel]

"That deserved big bold lettering. People's freedom of speech have not been stopped by this bill -- never was and never will be. Like you said, they can write any amount of check they want to buy an add. Move-On.org cannot to put in perspective. Thanks for posting this!"

And I suppose that Free republic can't run full page adds in the newpapers anymore either. It is about time that people stop chilling and start objecting. Pretty soon it will too late.