Originally Posted by jb2000

527's really aren't the issue. They are a fine topic of discussion, and I'd gladly like to see a seperate debate on whether or not their existance and operation is appropriate.

Kerry did not denounce all 527's that support the President or oppose Kerry.

The strategy Bush is using is to denounce all 527's as a way of saying that he is therefore denouncing the specific ad, and so technically meeting what has been asked of him, but yet hiding it in a general attack on 527's as if it were the fact that it was a 527 that was the problem, not the specific content of the ad.

527's are legal and part of the landscape. If we come to the conclusion that they are not healthy for our process, we should definitely take action legislatively to deal with them.

SBVFT is under attack for their content not their organizational makeup. What Bush has yet to do is specifically decry the content of the SBVFT attack. He has said he will not attack Kerry's war record. He has said he's against the 527 concept. But he has not yet come out and said that the SBVFT ad's content was not appropriate and did not reflect his own sentiments.