Bush campaign to challenge legality Media Fund election ads

[Judi Lynn]

Bush campaign to challenge legality Media Fund election ads

03/09/2004

By LIZ SIDOTI / Associated Press


President Bush's re-election campaign says it will ask the Federal Election Commission to investigate a Democratic-leaning group that will air $4.5 million worth of TV ads against Bush, beginning Wednesday.

The Media Fund's initial two-week ad run in 17 competitive states will include commercials that criticize Bush's policies and priorities, and mention the president by name.

Financed in part by billionaire George Soros and headed by former Clinton administration adviser Harold Ickes, the group expects to raise tens of millions of dollars to run ads this election year. It bought at least $1 million worth of airtime on Monday and expects to buy more this week for its initial ad run.

Bush's re-election campaign, which began its own $10 million initial ad blitz last week, called the group's activity illegal. The campaign said it would file a complaint with the FEC accusing the Media Fund of violating a broad, new ban on the use of "soft money" — corporate, union and unlimited contributions — for federal election activity.
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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I've read

a letter the RNC has been sending to media outlets, telling them that airing the MoveOn ads is illegal and not to do it or else. Scary stuff, seeing as the FCC hasn't ruled on the legality of the ads yet.

[patricia92243]

2. Who is head of Fed Elections Committee - that will answer your question

[lazarus]

3. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x409394