Blogger files complaint over Giuliani ad

[antiimperialist]

Source: Politico online magazine

By: Kenneth P. Vogel
Sep 25, 2007 01:28 PM EST

A liberal blogger has jumped into The New York Times-MoveOn.org-Rudy Giuliani fracas, filing a complaint against the former New York City mayor’s presidential campaign.

Lane Hudson, who in recent weeks has sought to carve out a niche as something of an election law vigilante, alleges in a complaint filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission that the Giuliani campaign broke election laws by accepting a discounted ad rate from The New York Times.

Giuliani has gotten significant political mileage leveling the same allegation at MoveOn.org and The New York Times over an ad the liberal political action committee ran in the paper this month attacking Army Gen. David Petraeus.

And this weekend, The New York Times’ public editor admitted in his column that the ad violated the newspaper’s policies regarding rates — and possibly content as well.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/6001.html

[babylonsister]

1. Wiki link to Lane Hudson:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Hudson

[antiimperialist]

2. I suggest we all email the NYT ombudsman, who said the Moveon ad was a mistake

...and demand an explanation as to why Giuliani is getting away with half-price ads.
[e-mail]

[Ian David]

3. YES! Suck it, Ghouliani! I hope it fucking blows-up in your face you fascist fucking prick.

That concludes my rational, well-thought-out argument of the day.

[valerief]

4. Heard he only paid $9.11 for it. nt

[Reno.Muse]

5. it's very easy to smell the rat in all of this!

And Rudy probably thinks it is someone else!