Community | October 21, 2008 | 3 comments

Down the Stretch: Watching the GOP Lawbreaking in WA-08

source: http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9270

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One of the biggest competitive disadvantages for Democrats is our unwillingness to break the law for our own benefit. Where law is weak and meaningless, like election law, the Republicans go nuts. And that's what Dave Reichert is doing, as he somehow found a corporate media firm (Media Plus) to give him $500K to help him down the stretch. Basically, instead of getting a bank loan, which he can't get because banks won't lend to political campaigns without collateral, Reichert's campaign is getting a loan from his media firm, which is buying TV ad time on credit from four corporate TV stations and extending his campaign credit. This is basically a corporate campaign contribution, and corporate money in politics is ostensibly illegal (ha ha, tell the US Chamber of Commerce that). The Federal Election Commission is obviously toothless and irrelevant these days, totally unwilling to do anything about lawbreaking during elections, when it actually matters. And the press doesn't care, since one FEC complaint looks like another.
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