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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"I'm SoAndSo, and I approve this message": Is that required by law or is it simply a custom ?
I know it got started with campaign commercials years ago, but I forget why. Anyone know ? Thank you kindly in advance.
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"I'm SoAndSo, and I approve this message": Is that required by law or is it simply a custom ? (Original Post)
steve2470
Jan 2016
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Recursion
(56,582 posts)1. It's part of McCain Feingold
steve2470
(37,457 posts)2. ok thank you Recursion! I hope the monkeys are respecting the cabana! :) nt
Arkansas Granny
(31,525 posts)3. I've often wondered about those monkeys.
That was one of the best posts I've read on DU.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. I like to think they're sipping banana daiquiris at Bollywood afterparties
More realistically, they probably just went back to the national park.
I do love that that little memoir seems to have made a lot of people happy
Karma13612
(4,554 posts)5. Not sure. But, for me
It clearly indicates that the candidate themselves are aware of and rubber-stamped the ad.
All other ads are dubious to me.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)6. Recursion nailed it, it's McCain-Feingold campaign finance law nt
Karma13612
(4,554 posts)7. Thanks! I just read the wiki link.
And am very disheartened that the subsequent attempt to require superpac spokespeople to appear at the end of their ads did not pass the Senate.
But at least we have a partial step.