That's an interesting, valid point ... and one that I've never thought of.
Their legal advisers from California reminded them of this in 2004 when they were gearing up to boost Kerry and denegrate Bush in “get out the vote” efforts.
The volunteers grumbled and pointed to conservative talk radio. Except one is a commercial enterprise that pays their taxes and the other chooses to limit their political speech by taking a non-profit tax free status.