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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (133806)3/28/2001 11:41:33 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
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The petrochemical company can reasonably be required to make it clear that it is promoting an industry position. This automatically undercuts its "purity" in the minds of many

McCain-Feingold has a provision that requires such disclosures. Currently, the petrochemical industry can present itself as "apple pie" as it likes.

But the main things is, it is not up to the legislature to determine what the proper amount of speech is

The point is, advertising is not speech. That has been determined by precedent. And the legislature may constrain amounts of money to be spent; that has also been determined by precedent. The question is, is all political advertising "speech" or is it "advertising"?

I think it is dangerously naive to say "it's speech" and to put no governor on the system whatsoever. Just examine the size of the money flows in the last campaign and the quids that have closely followed the quos as a result! There are choices that fall between micro-managing campaigns and doing nothing...
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