[concerned about politics]

That was the law before BCRA, which introduced new restrictions, including the the 60-day complete ban. It's not longer necessary to say "vote for" to be judged in violation of the statute.

The NRA can run ads like "Support the NRA. Hunting is alive and well in the U.S."
Where's the politrical ad? That's not political. It's about sports!
Right to life - "Supprt the family values and tradition. " No politics there.

[puroresu]

This will harm conservatives because the NRA, pro-lifers, or others can no longer run ads exposing a candidates' record during the 60 days before an election.

Many conservatives have won because such ads smoked out leftist candidates who were posing as "moderates".

Yes, lefties can't run such ads either, but they don't need to because we aren't putting up stealth candidates. Jesse Helms didn't sneak into office by posing as a "moderate" or a "liberal", but many of his opponents tried to sneak in by pretending to be far more conservative than they were. Independent ads by pro-life groups and other conservatives helped smoke them out by by-passing the media outlets who were assuring everyone that Harvey Gantt and Jim Hunt were "moderate" candidates.

[Dan from Michigan]

Trouble is that under this law, legally, the groups can't even say that John Kerry and John Edwards tried to bankrupt gun manufacturers in a bankruptcy bill.

That's electioneering under this law.

As far as I'm concerned. F-them. That law is not worthy of being followed.

[cc2k]

concerned about politics wrote:

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The NRA can run ads like "Support the NRA. Hunting is alive and well in the U.S." Where's the politrical ad? That's not political. It's about sports! Right to life - "Supprt the family values and tradition. " No politics there.

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So, you are admitting that this law restricts free speech. Or are you saying that in order to violate the first amendment, it would have to eliminate all speech. Since some speech is still allowed, there is still freedom of speech. We just shouldn't talk about the forbidden topics, but that's not really a restriction on our freedom.

It's sad that so many people (including some of the robed ones in the courts) would agree with that position.