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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 - The McCain-Feingold law, which did more to change how American political campaigns are financed than any legislation since the 1970's, got its first real-world test in this year's election. And now its critics are more emphatic than ever in arguing that the law has fallen short of its goals, and even some supporters are calling for revisions. The 2002 law demolished the system that for more than a decade had allowed political parties to feed on unlimited soft-money contributions from companies, labor unions and donors. But what rose in its place remains the subject of fierce...

RNC tells TV stations not to run anti-Bush ads GOP committee says MoveOn.org's spots are illegally financed WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Republican National Committee is warning television stations across the country not to run ads from the MoveOn.org Voter Fund that criticize President Bush, charging that the left-leaning political group is paying for them with money raised in violation of the new campaign-finance law. ..... But MoveOn.org's lawyer, Joseph Sandler, said in a statement that the ads were funded legally, calling the RNC's letter "a complete misrepresentation of the law."

Rhetoric NARRATOR:  “Welcome to George Bush’s Medicare prescription poker. There are more than 70 cards in the deck. You pick one today, your medication may be covered. You’re stuck with that card, but they can re-shuffle and raise the price on your prescription. The only sure winners are the drug companies. Other presidents gave us the New Deal and the Fair Deal. But George Bush is giving seniors the raw deal. We’re not being led, we’re being misled. CHYRON:  LEADER; Paid for by MoveOn.org Voter Fund. The Facts Medicare Drug Discount Card Is Currently Helping Millions Of Seniors Get...

Rhetoric NARRATOR: “You put in thirty years at the factory.  You get good pay, health care.  Then they send your job overseas. And under George Bush, the company actually gets a tax break for doing it.” The Facts  Bulk Of Outsourced Jobs Never Leave AmericaOnly 2 Percent Of Layoffs Were Due To Foreign Outsourcing. “Shifting jobs overseas accounted for only a tiny fraction of U.S. job losses in the first three months of the year, according to a first-ever report released … by the Labor Department. … About 2 percent of the major layoffs in the first three months...

E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend <% printurl = Request.ServerVariables("URL")%> Print Version March 31, 2004, 12:51 p.m. Another MoveOn Attack — Featuring Richard ClarkeThe &#8220;nonpartisan&#8221; Clarke finds his voice in the campaign. CBS News officials say they are "exploring our options" after the apparent use of audio from the 60 Minutes interview with former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke in a new political commercial by the anti-Bush group MoveOn.org. "CBS was unaware that MoveOn.org was using CBS News copyrighted material without permission and to advocate a point of view," the company said in a statement. "We...