Comments on: BLOGOSPHERE… WE HAVE A PROBLEM

By: PoliGazette » Former FEC Commish Brad Smith on Obama’s Federal Financing Dilemma

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:13:06 +0000

[...] Smith alerted bloggers back in 2005 to some of the more onerous requirements of McCain-Feingold while sounding the alarm over how the FEC might interpret the law. So I was pleased to receive such expert instruction on the ins and outs of campaign finance from someone intimately familiar with the process. [...]

By: Michelle Malkin » THE FEC VS. BLOGS

Michelle Malkin » THE FEC VS. BLOGS — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:56:26 +0000

[...] - Steven Bainbridge: “Thank You Senators McCain and Feingold … you [plural expletive deleted]” - Pajama Hadin: “The Coming Crackdown on Blogging” - Rightwing Nuthouse: “BLOGOSPHEREâ€¦ WE HAVE A PROBLEM” - Say Anything: “Political Blogging To Be Outlawed?” - Baronger’s Scribblings: “Political Prisoners coming to the United States?” - Mike Krempasky: “FEC regulating Blogging?” - Susanna Cornett, “Will blogging be restricted by the government?” - Hennessy’s View: “McCain-Feingold Outlaws Blogging?” - The Anchoress, “You knew this was coming, and right on time…” - The invaluable Captain Ed, who has long assailed the back-door First Amendment violations of the McCain-Feingold Act, writes: Bigger blogs will come under closer scrutiny, which means that any expression of support on CQ with a referential hyperlink may well get valued at more than the $2,000 maximum hard-cash contribution. [...]

By: steve

steve — Mon, 22 May 2006 17:54:10 +0000

These are the times that try mens souls! Indeed, as george bush will tell you, we are living in a perilous world, and to fight terrorists we have to be willing to give up some of our freedoms. If giving up websites like the nuthouse is required in the war against terror then I for one am willing to make that sacrifice. Good bye wingnuts!

By: nospeedbumps.com

nospeedbumps.com — Mon, 30 May 2005 18:11:18 +0000

Speech Regulators to the Rescue!
Looks like the government is discovering bloggers and is starting in motion the process to regulate them. I guess that we just can’t have these bloggers running loose saying whatever they want! Bloggers are really just advertising for variously politi…

By: Kender

Kender — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:50:11 +0000

What of google? Does each link that google gives you in a search count as a contribution?

By: Baby Wings

Baby Wings — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 15:38:51 +0000

Political Blogging to be Shut Down
Or at the very least, regulated?

What??

So MM can make a movie for profit that bashes one candidate, and the millions he rakes in don’t get counted as political donations?

This is my little corner of the VRWC. It’s my Blog. No one is paying…

By: Cao's Blog

Cao's Blog — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 15:17:45 +0000

The Fed’s crackdown on blogging
Got this in an email from Superhawk at Rightwing Nuthouse:

If we blog in 2008 the way we did this past election, we’ll be leaving ourselves open to fines.

What happened to our freedom of speech? Looks like it’s going up in smoke:

Bradley Sm…

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:37:27 +0000

Is the FEC going to regulate Holywood also?

By: Myopic Zeal

Myopic Zeal — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:05:56 +0000

FEC, Blogging and Political Speech
There is a storm brewing.

If you haven’t read this CNET story, check it out:

Bradley Smith says that the freewheeling days of political blogging and online punditry are over.
In just a few months, he warns, bloggers and news organizations coul…

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:57:28 +0000

If I don’t link to a political party, who do I collect my 2,000$ from? Do you know anyone who’s making real money from blogging? I sure don’t. The last time I checked my google ads had made me 2.09$ in just about four months.

This is no more likely to happen than a general internet tax, or an e-mail tax to subsidize USPS. It won’t be happening any time soon.