Freedom's Watch Broke Law, Dems Tell FEC

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Freedom's Watch Broke Law, Dems Tell FEC

Conservative advocacy group Freedom's Watch illegally ran advertising in coordination with the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Democratic officials charge in a lawsuit they plan to file today with the Federal Election Commission...

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Confusion over where the NRCC ends and Freedom's Watch begins is not surprising. Freedom's Watch recently announced that it had hired veteran former NRCC operative Carl Forti as its executive vice president to oversee the group's 2008 issue advocacy efforts. Similarly, Freedom's Watch's vice president for communications Ed Patru is a former NRCC communications officer.

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http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/04/7984_freedoms_watch_1.html

[Aloha Spirit]

1. that's one way to dry up their funding! does this mean those elitists will leave my country alone?

no, but at least somebody is keeping score.

[notadmblnd]

2. that's little Ari Fleisher's group isn't it?

[Aloha Spirit]

3. Yep. I had just heard about it around the same time CNN had Ari on as an election analyst....

Freaked me out.

[laststeamtrain]

4. Yep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom's_Watch

[BonnieJW]

5. Ari is a worm.

I just had to say that. No, actually, he's worm shit.

[annabanana]

6. They never do "get it" , do they?

delicious

[annabanana]

7. I'm kicking this again because I LIKE IT!

so sue me

[laststeamtrain]

9. Thanks Ms. Banana. These skank-olas have gotten away with too much...

...for too long & it's about time the tables were turned.

Ain't gonna sue ya, ain't gonna boo ya.

:hi:

Carry it on.

[MiniMe]

8. McSame is cracking me up right now about campaign finance

He keeps jabbering about how Barack supposedly signed some piece of paper saying that he would like to talk to the oppoing candidate about using public financing. McSame keeps saying that Obama went back on his promise that he would use public financing and he signed a piece of paper. Newsflash McSame, YOU actually did sign up for public financing, and haven't been released from it yet, but YOU have already spent more than the law allows. Guess who is breaking his promise (not to mention the law)? I don't believe it is Barack, he hasn't won the nomination. Aside from all that, unless Shrub nominates decent candidates, there aren't enough FEC commissioners to hand out campaign finance money anyway.