The Flip-Flop Of The Week Award goes to George W. Bush, who recently
reversed his position on 527s, joining forces with John McCain to file
suit against them.
Here's what he said in an interview back in 2000, when -
coincidentally - an "independent" 527 was smearing John McCain's war
record.
Sound familiar?
"That's part of the American - let me finish. That's part of the
American process," said Bush.
"There have been ads, independent expenditures, that are saying bad
things about me. I don't particularly care when they do, but that's
what freedom of speech is all about ... You know, let me - let me say
something to you. People have the right to run ads. They have the
right to do what they want to do, under the - under the First
Amendment in America."
So how this all jives with "President Bush and Sen. John McCain,
R-Ariz., joined forces yesterday to seek legal action to reduce the
influence of '527' political organizations," as reported by the
Seattle Times, we're not quite sure.
But it's pretty obvious that Bush's "free speech" argument has fallen
by the wayside now that 527s are doing political damage to his
campaign.
Which is probably why he's making a big fuss about taking everyone to
court but still won't denounce the Swift Boat smears.
So - does this mean that George W. Bush now supports judges rewriting
the law from the bench?
I thought he was against that sort of thing...
From The Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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