Senior Republican Wants Congressional Hearing On MoveOn Ad

The Hill   |   September 19, 2007 02:18 AM


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The ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform wants to convene a hearing on whether The New York Times violated campaign-finance laws when it granted a discounted rate for MoveOn.org's "General Betray Us" ad.

Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) asked committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) Tuesday to convene a hearing on the issue, saying that any rate change "for political advertising could constitute an unlawful campaign contribution."

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- Qbear See Profile I'm a Fan of Qbear permalink

FINE you get explore NYT one ad and we get to explore how many FREE hours FOX NEWS gave the motherf*ckin Swift Boat Vets ads....deal?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:30 AM on 09/20/2007
- anastasiabeaverhousen See Profile I'm a Fan of anastasiabeaverhousen permalink

Waxman's response should be: senior republicon can kiss my ass.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:10 PM on 09/19/2007
- scottymac11 See Profile I'm a Fan of scottymac11 permalink

The situation is much like this. If I want to fly to Seattle tomorrow. I can buy a ticket at full price and away I go. If I don't want to pay the full price I can fly standby. Maybe I fly tomorrow or not maybe not. I pay less money and take my chances. The airlines won't ask me if I'm a repub or a dem. It is the circumstances of the purchase that will detirmine the price...The add price varies in the same way.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:06 PM on 09/19/2007
- gymrat63 See Profile I'm a Fan of gymrat63 permalink

Davis is running for the Senate against Mark Warner. You don't have to worry because he's going down like Larry Craig in an airport stall.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:40 PM on 09/19/2007
- realitytrumpsbull See Profile I'm a Fan of realitytrumpsbull permalink

God forbid ANY publication print anything that might resemble a prominent voice against Bush's Iraq misadventure...gotta censor it, quick! Might spook the herd...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:21 PM on 09/19/2007
- katlade See Profile I'm a Fan of katlade permalink

Oh yeah, now we are having hearings on free speech. What country is this anyway? Republicans just feel left out of the hearing issue. But that is OK, maybe we can have some frank talk about what the Moveon.org ad really meant. Let's talk about it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:45 PM on 09/19/2007
- esgabel See Profile I'm a Fan of esgabel permalink

Habeous Corpus has been shredded, our soldiers are not getting the R&R they need, billions of reconstruction dollars are missing in Iraq, voting irregularities abounded in the last two elections, Alberto Gonzalez left the AG's office in shambles and now California's electoral votes which were perfectly good when Mr. Bush was elected must be challenged and reapportioned...with all that, we need a Congressional Hearing to find out about a Move On ad...what a joke! But I do agree if we want to go into this lets investigate Fox News and Swiftboating. There is probably plenty of cud to chew.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:41 PM on 09/19/2007
- tomcat27834 See Profile I'm a Fan of tomcat27834 permalink

DISTRACTION.....this is old news. Why doesn't Rep. Davis put the wagons in a circle and ride it out. THATS EXACTLY what his rubber-stamping of GWBushs Iraq policy amount too. Run out the clock and the collateral deaths of our brave soldiers in uniform are expendable. HOLD A HEARING on advertising rates....what a sorry excuse for leadership !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:22 PM on 09/19/2007
- commonsenselives See Profile I'm a Fan of commonsenselives permalink

Oh my God, you stupid blowhard.

Get OVER it, it was just an ad.

So much hulaballoo over a such a small thing. I am surprised that this guy hasn't ruptured a friggin' vein!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:07 PM on 09/19/2007
- BufoAmericanus See Profile I'm a Fan of BufoAmericanus permalink

I think that George Bush should offer a place on God's shoulder for him to cry.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:58 PM on 09/19/2007
- mommadona See Profile I'm a Fan of mommadona permalink

Idiot.
All he has to do is check his facts.
The rate WAS THE SAME FOR ANY GROUP.

Now, let's just drop this little McCarthy trip, shall we?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:54 PM on 09/19/2007
- Mike169 See Profile I'm a Fan of Mike169 permalink

For all their bullshit about the Democrats wasting time investigating the fuck ups of the Bush Administration now they want to waste our time with this. Republicans are too stupid to even be hypocrites.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:53 PM on 09/19/2007
- Birdman See Profile I'm a Fan of Birdman permalink

Wow can these republics get any more hipocrtitcal? After all wasn't it the swift boat veterans that were running out and out lies about Kerry, and if my memory serves they never insisted on investigating that. Besides isn't asking a question a Fox news tactic that they do all the time? Pose a question that has an answer that fits their agenda. I guess what this really means if you are water carriers for the republics you can say and do anything you want too, if you do not carry the water to the republics you will be prosecuted for daring to ask the question is this general a freind or a foe of this country.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:33 PM on 09/19/2007
- sinnerjizm See Profile I'm a Fan of sinnerjizm permalink

Ok, lets have a hearing.

If it targets SwiftBoatVets as well

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:51 PM on 09/19/2007
- rras See Profile I'm a Fan of rras permalink

Just be sure that you make a record of your position. The people of Moveon welcome the opposition, Democrat or Republican alike. I can't wait to see the poll ratings when Moveon gets on their cases.
Is it possible that there are still politicians that don't know the power of the Internet.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:29 PM on 09/19/2007
- RGKahn See Profile I'm a Fan of RGKahn permalink

Yes, we have to hold hearings about organization and individuals who are exercising their rights under the First Amendment - aka Freedon of speech. The republicans did not have any hearings on the robbing of America by contractors here in the USA and in Iraq for the entire time they have been in power, prior to this last election. Now that they are the minority, they are still trying to control the agenda in both Houes of Congress - way too late now. The republicans are the minority in Congress now.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:28 PM on 09/19/2007
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