To: birbear
I thought the 529's couldn't do ads that late. I think this is bogus.
2 posted on
08/23/2004 10:31:27 AM PDT by
cajungirl
(no)
To: cajungirl
I thought the 529's couldn't do ads that late. I think this is bogus.
I know nothing of this website or of this Jack Wheeler character...I just came across it and found it interesting. You may very well be right.
10 posted on
08/23/2004 10:33:17 AM PDT by
birbear
(Give a man a fire, he stays warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he stays warm the rest of his life.)
To: cajungirl
George Will said yesterday that the Swift Boat vets were preparing a 28 minute video that will be released in Sept. or Oct.
This is how the campaign finance laws deal with 527's, at least as explained by another freeper:
Under federal law, the 527 groups cannot coordinate their ads with the presidential campaigns. But if they use individual donations, rather than labor union or corporate donations, they can run ads praising or attacking a candidate right up until election day.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1196985/posts?page=2
19 posted on
08/23/2004 10:36:04 AM PDT by
Peach
(The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: cajungirl; All
There is a loophole in the law, it's spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T. When the CFR laws were being written, the web was not as powerful.
To: cajungirl
I thought the 529's couldn't do ads that late. I think this is bogus. IIRC Cannot mention name under 30 days before General Election.
October surprise is code for late (9-15 and beyond).
26 posted on
08/23/2004 10:38:53 AM PDT by
Mike Darancette
(Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.)
To: cajungirl
I think College Savings Plans can run ads whenever they want...(wink)
34 posted on
08/23/2004 10:44:33 AM PDT by
HRoarke
(Quick! Vote for Mel Martinez before Reno sends him back to Cuba)
To: cajungirl
I thought the 529's couldn't do ads that late. I think this is bogus30 days before an election, isn't it? That leaves Oct. 1st.
36 posted on
08/23/2004 10:48:53 AM PDT by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: cajungirl
"I thought the 529's couldn't do ads that late. I think this is bogus." 527s that are funded by labor unions or corporations ARE limited, but those 527s that are funded by individuals (as the SwiftVets' are) may run advertising right up to the election.
To: cajungirl
I thought the 529's couldn't do ads that late. I think this is bogus.Maybe, but 527's can.
41 posted on
08/23/2004 11:06:42 AM PDT by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: cajungirl
First of all it is the 527's not the 529.
75 posted on
08/23/2004 12:25:25 PM PDT by
Grampa Dave
(https://www.swiftvets.com/swift/ccdonation.php?op=donate&site=SwiftVets)
To: cajungirl
Who says the surprise is an ad?
To: cajungirl
O'Neill was on Rush this morning and he never gave any indication they were planning to stop any day soon. Some have suggested the SBV's have to stop their ads by 9/2, but O'Neill never mentioned it .. and told Rush they were planning to continue their ads until the election is over or Kerry drops out .. whichever comes first.
111 posted on
08/23/2004 2:25:54 PM PDT by
CyberAnt
(President Bush: Nov 2004 - is an Election for the Soul of America)
To: cajungirl
I thought the 529's couldn't do ads that late. I think this is bogus. It's 527s. And although I've read the law, I'm not certain if they can or can't.
But if they can't they don't really need to. I'm sure Drudge, Hannity and others (The G-man if he's still on anywhere), will carry whatever news the Swift Vets care to release. News reports are still exempt from the law, for now at least.
134 posted on
08/23/2004 6:10:31 PM PDT by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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