Freedom loses a champion
By krempasky Posted in FEC — Comments (3) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
FEC Commissioner Bradley Smith has announced his (expected) resignation and his intention to return to his (preferred) life teaching law. I'm told he'll remain at the Commission through the summer, hopefully to cast one of his final votes on the rules governing political activity on the internet.
I've said it before and it remains true: to find a more effective advocate for free speech, to find a more important conservative in Washington, DC - you'll have to look very, very hard. (for a glimpse at his work, check out this letter to Messrs. McCain and company in response to a looney request that he recuse himself during the implementation of BCRA)
If you work or live in online politics - you owe Commissioner Smith a tremendous debt of gratitude for alterting all of us to the potential danger of FEC regulations on the internet.
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I was interested to note that someone did indeed visit my blog from the FEC comment I sent. Hopefully it was inspiring or at least light relief to support of Our Side, and demonstrated simple citizen participation to be protected...
Gosh, that headline sounded so ...fatal. He still will be a champion of freedom, I bet, just not at the FEC. Hope we see more of him on the WSJ's op-ed page.
I especially admire Smith's clarity of writing. A good, good writer.
Loved by patriots, detested by those who hate freedom.