Hamster King Update
Michael Moore may be prevented from advertising his controversial new movie, “Fahrenheit 9/11,” on television or radio after July 30 if the Federal Election Commission (FEC) today accepts the legal advice of its general counsel.
At the same time, a Republican-allied 527 soft-money group is preparing to file a complaint against Moore’s film with the FEC for violating campaign-finance law.
In a draft advisory opinion placed on the FEC’s agenda for today’s meeting, the agency’s general counsel states that political documentary filmmakers may not air television or radio ads referring to federal candidates within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general election.
The opinion is generated under the new McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law, which prohibits corporate-funded ads that identify a federal candidate before a primary or general election.
Matt's Chat
This will work just like the Disney deal did... The
Hamster King knows this is going to be a problem and yet will cry Bu$HitlerCo censorship when the time comes. It doesn't matter that the Bush adminsitration has no control over the FEC (otherwise, do you think MoveOn.org and George $oro$ would be getting away with all their crap?) but rather that Mikey, the
Miserable Failure will need an excuse for why he didn't double up his chip stack with this hit piece.
9:00AM Update
My Way News reports that leading Democrats love this propaganda.
Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said he thought the film would play an important role in this election year.
"This movie raises a lot of the issues that Americans are talking about, that George Bush has been asleep at the switch since he's been president," McAuliffe said as he walked the red carpet into the premiere.
Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa implored all Americans to see the film: "It's important for the American people to understand what has gone on before, what led us to this point, and to see it sort of in this unvarnished presentation by Michael Moore."
And the beat goes on...positive campaigning and all...
Mark's Remarks
