Kerry , the newer softer algore

[woodchip]

Does anyone here remember the big hoopla when the dems were promoting the now established campaign finance reform law? How the dems spoke so sanctimoniously about getting rid of "soft money" special interest groups. Heh! Remember Algore and the buddihists? Perhaps someone should remind them (dems) that campaign finance is now the law. So how does one classify Moveon.org.?
Or how about:

"Told that Liu was interested in getting one of her companies listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange, Kerry's aides immediately faxed over a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The next day, Liu and Chung were ushered into a private briefing with a senior SEC official. Within weeks, Chung returned the favor: On Sept. 9 he threw Kerry a fund-raiser at a Beverly Hills hotel, raking in $10,000 for the senator's re-election campaign."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4121890/

Or:

"One of those Democratic groups, the Media Fund, financed in part by billionaire George Soros and headed by former Clinton White House aide Harold Ickes, began airing a $5 million wave of anti-Bush television ads in 17 states Wednesday."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4487131/

Or:

"Lawmakers from both parties are seeking to outlaw the groups, which are unfettered by restrictions placed on candidates and political parties. The debate comes as a liberal group called the Media Fund launches attack ads against President Bush in 17 states."

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1756104

(Notice how I cleverly pulled these from known liberal news sources )

So which party is really the party of reform?

[Will Robinson]

So which party is really the party of reform?

There's more than one party?
Hmmm....well then, the answer is neither!

[Kyouryuu]

I get a kick out of the GOP whining about this. Really, I don't doubt for a moment that moveon.org and the others are actually working under the DNC. Isn't it obvious?

That doesn't make it right, no. But this is politics. In a similar position, or even on a whim, the GOP could do the exact same thing if it wanted to. Some future election, when the DNC has the hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars war chest, I suspect the roles would just as easily be reversed.

If you ask me, campaign reform has far larger issues than candidates endorsing messages and splinter groups. Name, that tiny little entity of evil we call the special interest group.

[Dedman]

Yawn