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May 25, 2006BELTWAY BLOGROLL
A Fresh Warning About Regulating Blogs
Former Federal Election Commissioner Brad Smith said the threat of campaign regulations for blogs is still very much alive, despite the FEC largely exempting blogs earlier this year.
Now a contributor at RedState, Smith pointed readers to a new article that included what he saw as a foreboding quote from Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine.
Allen "co-sponsored legislation in March that would bring political Web sites under campaign finance rules if they spend $5,000 or more on their operations," the paper wrote. "He said he would watch how blogs factor into the 2006 races under the FEC rules before deciding whether to press the issue."
Smith's reaction: "We need to understand that these guys are relentlessly hostile to free, unfettered political speech. Every bit of freedom they see as a potential threat, and they are always ready to regulate as soon as they think the have the votes."
Posted by Danny | 07:04 AM
