Ouch
by Ryan Sager
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 at 12:37 AM
updated Thu, 13 Sep 2007 at 12:44 AM
George Will is good at the takedown. Many of you might remember when Mr. Will single-handedly prevented Harriet Miers from being confirmed to the Supreme Court (I exaggerate only a little). Now Mr. Will is asking: "Is a Fred Thompson Campaign Necessary?"
His main objection comes, as it has before, on campaign-finance regulation. He's particularly irked by Mr. Thompson's lame attempt recently to disavow responsibility for the McCain-Feingold bill's ad ban, the portion of the law most offensive to the First Amendment. Here's Mr. Will:
Thompson, contrary to his current memories, was deeply involved in expanding government restrictions on political speech generally and the ban on issue ads specifically. Yet he told [radio host Laura] Ingraham "I voted for all of it," meaning McCain-Feingold, but said "I don't support that" provision of it.
Oh? Why, then, did he file his own brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold McCain-Feingold, stressing Congress' especially "compelling interest" in squelching issue ads that "influence" elections?
It only gets harsher from there.
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