> One could make the same claim about FR.
People are jumping up and down calling this a first amendment issue - I don’t see it that way. Nothing in the complaint suggests that KOS can’t post whatever it likes; it merely says that it must report its financial activities. If they are making cash or “in-kind” donations to specific candidates, that needs to be disclosed. If they are not spending funds specifically to promote the election of specific candidates, they should tell the FEC to bugger off.
As far as I know, Free Republic does not expend funds to hold campaign events for specific candidates, and does not make donations to specific candidates. If I am mistaken, then I think FR should have to report those as well. Its not the speech - its the money.
They can say anything they damn well please at KOS as far as I am concerned. But if they are acting as a conduit for campaign donations, I think the public has a right to know.
But I am fully in agreement with gutting the FEC. I think the only thing the FEC should be doing is making sure candidates report who their donors are - that is what matters to me; knowing who a candidate is beholden to.
It's time to strip the buttinsky laws from the books. This should be a Free Republic with Free People.