[billybudd]

Why is this even an issue? We have freedom of speech - end of story. The FEC can shove it.

[dirtboy]

Why is this even an issue? We have freedom of speech - end of story. The FEC can shove it.

We're supposed to have the right to bear arms - yet governments tell us what guns we can and cannot buy, and when and where we can carry them.

We're supposed to have freedom from searches without due process - yet the government can set up roadblocks to check our blood alcohol level without due process.

We're supposed to have a federal government limited by the Tenth Amendment - which is basically a dead letter unless it serves a particular pet cause by the Federalist wing of the Supreme Court - which would be fine and dandy except that same wing almost never saw a violation of the Fourth Amendment that they couldn't condone.

So don't go looking to the Constitution for your freedoms. The federal government sure as heck doesn't any longer.

[FreeReign]

Why is this even an issue? We have freedom of speech - end of story. The FEC can shove it.

Fr-fr-from th-th-the article.

Reuters:The FEC ruled in 2002 that Internet activities do not count as "coordinated political activity" and thus don't have to comply with laws that regulate money in politics. But a U.S. judge struck down that ruling as too broad last year, and the FEC is scheduled to consider it later this month.

You see?

[Mo1]

Why is this even an issue? We have freedom of speech - end of story. The FEC can shove it.

If I was to guess .. it's because of the money George Soro's threw into Moveon.org

[BigSkyFreeper]

We have freedom of speech
Merely an assumption.

end of story.
Not necessarily

The FEC can shove it.
I agree. McCain and Feingold can poke their CFR into that oriface they can't see, and where the sun doesn't shine.