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Originally posted by HarmlessRabbit
I don't understand. Is anyone in government claiming that 527's are illegal? I thought the argument, at best, was that the loophole should be closed.
I found a nice list of 527's:
http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/s...exp&sub=topcom
While there is no shortage of liberal/democratic groups, there are certainly a lot of republican/conservative groups in there as well.
So, how did this become a Democratic issue? The Republicans appear to be using the 527's as well, and have been for years.
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Yes, the Bush Administration has filed complaints with the FEC claiming they violate the rules of campaign finance reform.
As outlined throughout the thread, it became a Democratic issue when Democratic supporters built massive 527 groups and the leaders of their party constantly said the only reason they support them is to level the playing field with the Bush administration. Look at the quote from Kerry above and tell me why it is he now feels ok that campaign finance reform should be circumvented.
As far as smooth, yeah it's exactly like stealing cookies. Whatever. The point is he had an opportunity to lead and he fell flat on his face and became a follower to what many of the extremist members of his party want (sounds remarkably like the accusations you make about Bush all the time,huh?).
Go ahead and defend the practice but I will be sure to remind you all of your stand whenever the campaign finance reform topic comes up again. Supporting the expanded use of 527 groups will only serve to allow them to proliferate. You're trading one bad form of campaign finance for another. Way to go all.