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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: jlallen who wrote (139521)9/30/2008 3:00:01 PM
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It is being challenged as a violation of to federal election law.

Obama general counsel Bob Bauer argued that by advocating Obama's defeat, the ad should be subject to the contribution limits of federal campaign law, not the anything-goes regime of issue advocacy.

The Ayers ad mentions Obama's name, uses the word "elect" (in the form of a question), and mentions not a single legislative issue, and quite obviously takes a position on his character and fitness for office. Thus, if an incorporated 501c(4) produced the ad and paid for its broadcast with corporate funds, it should be filing FEC disclosure reports.

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