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Gaffetastic:
Vice President Joe Biden had his “oops” moment Wednesday speaking in a 49er-crazed SF when he told a crowd at a city political fundraiser that “the Giants are on their way to the Super Bowl.” - SF Chronicle, 1-18-12
As much as I dislike the Daily Kos …
… and some of the repugnant stuff that is routinely posted there, I have to agree with The Corner’s David Freddoso, who writes this in response to one blogger’s filing of a FEC complaint against Kos:
The proprietor of this blog claims that he has filed an FEC complaint against Daily Kos. Supposedly, this won’t fly, based on earlier FEC rulings, but this is nonetheless an outrage against the First Amendment that every conservative should fight vigorously. Freedom of speech — especially political speech — is our God-given right, as the founding documents of our nation attest.
Granted, there is at least some wry amusement to be had in the fact that the liberals will someday bite their own rear ends with their unconstitutional, anti-free-speech campaign-finance-reform laws. In fact, this may be the only way to wake them up. But no good conservative can make a justification for using the power of government to silence political opponents.
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The point here is that Kos directly advocates election of Democrats. Well, good for him. None of this is an argument for regulating Kos, but rather an argument for abolishing the silly campaign finance regime that that the Kos-krazies and their ilk have pushed on us for a generation now. Why should the federal government get involved at all if I’m advocating a particular candidate, or encouraging others to donate or vote in a particular way?
That’s a question that perhaps only Senator McCain could answer.
In any event, let’s also not forget that in addition to this being a free speech issue, it’s much better to stand by and watch your opponent show their true colors rather than forcing them – especially via the government – to hide behind a mask. Better the devil you know, than the one you don’t.
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This is a very good point. My only wish is that those on the left would give it a try. – Lorica
Well, DailyKos is certainly in violation of McCain-Feingold. And of course, the Fairness Doctrine, as well. Which must give even the spittle flecked disputants resident there some pause…
Not that I expect any intellectual consistency from them. In fact, the only way to scuttle both of those First Amendment abominations from the left would be for George Bush to become very publicly enthusiastic about supporting them. While we’re at it, he could denounce Bill O’Reilly and Michelle Malkin as well, and we could all enjoy the spectacle of thousands of pointy little liberal heads exploding.
The new lefty mantra: I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death my right to suppress it.
Actually, Bush did sign the McShame-Slimeroad Lieberal Protection Act.
Yes, I know that he did, but he was not very enthusiastic about it. He should have announced that he and Ashcroft had been working on an executive order with the identical wording.