4.21.2008

McWho-Feingold?

He may have defecated on the First Amendment and made it illegal for citizens and private organizations to criticize politicians, but John McCain apparently didn't get the big money out of politics:
Sen. John McCain's campaign has announced that it is asking individuals to donate as much as about $70,000 to accounts that could help his campaign. The cap on donations to presidential candidates is $4,600 per election campaign.

The McCain campaign has established several fund-raising accounts that will collect large donations from wealthy individuals and parcel them out to national and state Republican parties that can spend the money to help Sen. McCain and other Republican candidates.

The message here: if you're a wealthy individual or corporation that wants to buy a politician, McCain and the Republicans will be glad to find ways to help you do it. But if you're an independent group that wants to criticize them, well, you're out of line.

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