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tularetom

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9. I don't think "Correct the Record" is exactly an unbiased source
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 08:56 AM
Jul 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/12/how-a-super-pac-plans-to-coordinate-directly-with-hillary-clintons-campaign/

On Tuesday, Correct the Record, a pro-Clinton rapid-response operation, announced it was splitting off from its parent American Bridge and will work in coordination with the Clinton campaign as a stand-alone super PAC. The group’s move was first reported by the New York Times.

That befuddled many campaign finance experts, who noted that super PACs, by definition, are political committees that solely do independent expenditures, which cannot be coordinated with a candidate or political party. Several said the relationship between the campaign and the super PAC would test the legal limits.

But Correct the Record believes it can avoid the coordination ban by relying on a 2006 Federal Election Commission regulation that declared that content posted online for free, such as blogs, is off limits from regulation. The “Internet exemption” said that such free postings do not constitute campaign expenditures, allowing independent groups to consult with candidates about the content they post on their sites. By adopting the measure, the FEC limited its online jurisdiction to regulating paid political ads.

The rules “totally exempt individuals who engage in political activity on the Internet from the restrictions of the campaign finance laws. The exemption for individual Internet activity in the final rules is categorical and unqualified,” then-FEC Chairman Michael E. Toner said at the time, according to a 2006 Washington Post story. The regulation “protects Internet activities by individuals in all forms, including e-mailing, linking, blogging, or hosting a Web site," said Toner, now a prominent Republican campaign finance attorney.




They're paying people a lot of money to churn out flowery fawning pro-Clinton BS.
That is going to be a tough one. djean111 Jul 2015 #1
My reply 11 below summarizes what a group supporting her says. See what you think. merrily Jul 2015 #18
She's given a lot of women's rights speeches worldwide, presumably supported women's rights groups Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #2
Thing is, would it have passed without her speech? merrily Jul 2015 #4
I don't know. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #6
I'm not asking you to look anything up. Thanks for your input, though merrily Jul 2015 #7
"Was instrumental"; "Lead efforts" frylock Jul 2015 #32
This might help... lamp_shade Jul 2015 #3
My first impression is that it reads like a puff piece. See also Reply 4. merrily Jul 2015 #5
I don't think "Correct the Record" is exactly an unbiased source tularetom Jul 2015 #9
Yes, I discerned that immediately, but I summarized it below anyway. See what you think. merrily Jul 2015 #12
You're obviously more focused and less ADHD than I am tularetom Jul 2015 #23
On a closer look, it looks like something that may have been prepared by the Hillary campaign. merrily Jul 2015 #11
This is a RW meme desgined to attack Hillary in an attempt to minimize her expertise. Evergreen Emerald Jul 2015 #8
Her greatest proven expertise was regime change and creating room for the Islamic State leveymg Jul 2015 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Evergreen Emerald Jul 2015 #13
Please self delete and stop posting inappropriately in this group. This is a host request. merrily Jul 2015 #15
I am sorry. Evergreen Emerald Jul 2015 #16
The request was for deletion. merrily Jul 2015 #17
there you go. Evergreen Emerald Jul 2015 #20
Political discussion often seems like an attack to those who disagree. Thank you for deleting. merrily Jul 2015 #22
Not necessarily. Evergreen Emerald Jul 2015 #24
Plenty of discussion is here, just not the kind you tolerate. That's the very reason merrily Jul 2015 #25
Gee, levey, that's the most simplistic analysis of our country's forieng policy I've ever seen. Nitram Jul 2015 #35
And that's the propaganda line, the conventional version of events, most of which is a lie. leveymg Jul 2015 #38
False. A simple question is not a meme of any kind. It's a question. merrily Jul 2015 #14
Apparently the Clinton campaign feels the need to list her "accomplishments" tularetom Jul 2015 #19
I did pare it down. merrily Jul 2015 #26
Correct. The ulterior motive was clear the moment I read it. lamp_shade Jul 2015 #21
Actually, I was trying to fact check an article from KOS that was extremely critical of Hillary. merrily Jul 2015 #27
I think I struck a nerve. lamp_shade Jul 2015 #28
Because a false claim was refuted? Please stop trolling. merrily Jul 2015 #29
Don't EVER call me a troll. lamp_shade Jul 2015 #30
This is a protected group. Imputing bad motives to people whose posts belong here and making merrily Jul 2015 #31
"Please stop trolling" does not mean you are calling the person a troll? Nitram Jul 2015 #33
Why are you involving yourself? merrily Jul 2015 #34
"Involving myself?" Is that what you call a question? Nitram Jul 2015 #36
.... merrily Jul 2015 #37
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