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Posted at 5:42pm on Jan. 24, 2008 Down With Bill Clinton
By Robert A. Hahn
Here is another in my series of good ideas we should steal from liberals. This one has to do with McCain-Feingold. Or rather, the lack of it. According to the Associated Press...
A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to ensure that President Bush's public approval doesn't improve as his days in the White House come to an end.
At first glance this sounds like a dumb idea. But maybe it's not. Maybe it's a McCain-Feingold idea. George Bush is not a candidate for any federal office. This means that "Americans United for Change" can spend infinite money trashing him, and they don't even have to report their donors to the FEC. What's more, there is inevitably going to be a certain, erm, latitude concerning what constitutes criticism of Bush and what constitutes criticism of Republican policies in general.
Which reminds me. (And frankly, it ought to remind T. Boone Pickens as well). In spite of the way former President Clinton is comporting himself, Bill Clinton is not a candidate for any federal office.
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