GOP are going over the edge because of MoveOn.org attack ads.
From The Carpetbagger Report:
It’s reached the point that the ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee wants to launch a congressional investigation into whether the NYT violated election law by selling the ad at a reduced rate.
Seriously.
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) asked committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) Tuesday to convene a hearing on the issue, saying that any rate change “for political advertising could constitute an unlawful campaign contribution.”
According to media accounts, the “open rate” for the ad should have been $181,000. The liberal group said it paid $65,000.
“The difference between the ‘open rate’ and the actual rate paid by MoveOn.org raises the possibility that The New York Times, as a media company not subject to campaign-finance restrictions for its own messages, unlawfully subsidized the message of MoveOn.org by giving it a discounted rate for its advertisement,” Davis said.
Now, in the broader context, Davis is running for the Senate, so he has to go out of his way to demonstrate his capacity for nuttiness to the GOP base, but this just isn’t healthy. Criticizing the ad is one thing; letting the ad drive the Republican Party into madness is something else.
1 comment:
You have to wonder why the big price difference in rates anyhow, one third the price? That is a huge difference. What rate did Rudia pay for his ad opposing them?
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