Hooray for Moveon.org

[ciphergoth]

This witty campaign ad tickled me:

In an almost misstep-free campaign, Obama's biggest misstep was encouraging the 527s like Moveon.org to shut down. Once the fire started coming in from the Republican 527s, he reversed his position, but it took them a while to get back into play.

How come they're allowed to use words like "vote", "elect" and such, btw? I thought there was a list of key words that 527s weren't allowed to use? Or have I been watching too much West Wing?

Comments

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Remember this Season Three episode:

BRUNO
You don't put "vote Bartlet" in the ad, you can pay for it with unmarked bills from a bank
heist if you want to.

CONNIE
And we should know. There's also footnote 52, where the Court said campaign-finance laws only
apply to communications with the terms "vote for," "elect," "support," "cast your ballot for,"
"Smith for Congress," "vote against," "defeat," "reject," and that's it. [pause] I'm savant-like.

TOBY
If it doesn't use those specific words...

BRUNO
It is an issue ad.