Tuesday, March 09, 2004

 

Following up on the RNC's PBC (Pure Bullshit Complaint) about MoveOn.org and other groups running anti-Bush ads, here's an article that explains it in more detail. Keep in mind -- they're going to the FEC with their complaint, not the courts:

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/a/p/1131/3-9-2004/20040309010004_13.html

And WHY, pray tell, are they complaining to the FEC rather than a federal judge? THIS is the operative language:

Bush-Cheney officials said they won't ask for the ads to be pulled off the air because the FEC doesn't have that authority, and because a court is unlikely to act before the FEC finishes its review of the new campaign finance laws. The object of the complaint is to highlight what Bush campaign officials say are Democratic hypocrisies and to prod the FEC to act more quickly than it has in the past, the officials said.

No, the "object of the complaint" is to piss and moan to the press, without actually having to subject your complaint to a timely review by someone knowledgeable in the law, who could then reject it, and chew you out for bringing it . . .

posted by Michael 9:48 PM