I don't agree at all. I don't know when the most recent commercial was made, but it seems to me that as soon as the SBV's gained traction and the Bush campaign was deliberately taking a "hands off" posture, the man should have asked approval (if done recently) for the commercial, or notified the campaign of what he had done.
I just don't think a campaign can afford to be surprised or taken off guard by one of their staff. And, of course, the media would hammer this point of vulnerability forever. It isn't fair, they aren't doing the same with JFK and moveon, but that's the field we're playing on.
I agree with your strategy points, Dianna, but the person I was posting to was insisting this was proof of illegal activity by the Bush/Cheney campaign and having encountered this poster on another thread I mocked him via sarcasm.
Yes, I realize the playing field and the extreme caution all Bush supporters ought to employ and I agree Cardier should have recused himself from volunteering for the Bush campaign before taking part in the SV commercial in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict and not give one crumb of complaint to the enemy.
I was not speaking as one Freeper in good standing to another. I was speaking as a Freeper to a mobyite.