[conservatism_IS_compassion]

This is good news, without a doubt - but in a better world, McCain-Feingold would have never been given the approval of SCOTUS in McConnell v. FEC - indeed, never been signed. No, never even been proposed, let alone passed.

Or, in a better world, you would have a spare billion that you could push onto the table and take Feingold back to SCOTUS, where the balance has shifted in the Constitution's favor by the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor from 5-4 against to, presumably, 5-4 for.

Without the conceit that journalists are super citizens who are "objective" and thus more equal than the rest of us, McCain-Feingold could never make any sense at all to an American. And without the Associated Press, the conceit that journalism is objective would itself never have made any sense to Americans. And, according to this excellent site, the Associated Press was held by SCOTUS to be a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1945.

The Right to Know

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[abb]

McCain-Feingold is moot. The thing we must guard against now is the attempt by Government, personified by the FCC, to seize control of internet communications.

[abb]

Check this one out. LOL!!!

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003842038
MoveOn.org Targets AP’s Fournier for Alleged Pro-McCain Bias

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping; post. Great thread. Thanks to every contributor.