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In a draft advisory opinion placed on the FECÕs agenda for todayÕs meeting, the agencyÕs general counsel states that political documentary filmmakers may not air television or radio ads referring to federal candidates within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general election.

Some short sighted people may gloat over this, but the American Republic is just about finished when such censorship is possible. What is to stop the government from banning the film from theaters if same bureaucrat decides to interpret the campaign finance law that way? I would rather have the chaos and noise of freedom where demagogues like Moore are able to speak than the well-ordered silence of tyranny. The McCain-Feingold "reform" is a dagger through the heart of the Constitution and it needs to be repealed.

7 posted on 06/23/2004 10:24:53 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (Lurking since 1997!)

To: Wilhelm Tell

9 posted on 06/23/2004 10:28:05 PM PDT by JennysCool ("I'm not worried about the deficit. It's big enough to take care of itself." - RWR)

To: Wilhelm Tell

Some short sighted people may gloat over this, but the American Republic is just about finished when such censorship is possible.

Amen, amen. F911 is a vomitous film indeed, but to kill ads for it because it speaks about politicians who happen to be running for re-election is even more vomitous.

13 posted on 06/23/2004 10:53:27 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck

To: Wilhelm Tell

You tell it, William! You are absolutely right!

23 posted on 06/24/2004 4:26:07 AM PDT by dpa5923 (Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)

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