Let Soros Speak

The Republican National Committee and the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign yesterday filed a 67-page complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing billionaire George Soros and an array of liberal political groups of what the complaint called “an illegal conspiracy,” and “the largest illegal infusion of soft money from wealthy individuals, unions, corporations and other special interests in the post-Watergate era.” The lawyers for the RNC and the Bush campaign then asked the FEC to dismiss the complaint so they can seek relief in federal court in Washington. It warns that if the activities of the liberal groups continue, “irreparable harm” would result that would “effectively destroy and make meaningless the campaign finance system mandated by Congress in 2002.”