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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (129220)	1/25/2010 11:21:15 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541958

if you want to spend $500,000 printing full page ads that say "Congressman Smith Is A Doody Head!" you are free to do so. I think you need a stronger counter than that to not seem disingenuous given that Steve doesn't have $500,000. So if there's a way to rationalize that discrepancy, I'd be very interested.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (129220)	1/25/2010 11:25:09 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541958

I don't think you have a maximum on what you can spend ... if you want to spend $500,000 printing full page ads I believe you are wrong here. You might be able to take out a full page issue ad - but not one that supports an individual candidate. As to the Sierra Club. I think you are right and that republicans are going to rue the day of this ruling. The special interest groups and the unions will have more power along with corporations. BUT and a big "but" is that corporations will be hesitant to piss off a portion of America who doesn't agree with their ads. Shareholders revolt!