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Subject: Steve phillips > > > > Wants to join ffa board and go see obama donors to raise $. Quid pro > > quo is that some resources go to his c4/527. Thoughts?
527s
527s are where the real mess begins to happen. Whereas PACs can work directly and do anything to influence an election but are regulated by the Federal Elections Commission, 527s can only indirectly influence an election in exchange for being completely unregulated by the FEC. What does "indirectly" mean? Basically, it means "issue ads." That seems to be the biggest thing 527s do.
527s can raise money basically any way they want, spend basically as much money as they want, but they can not tell a person how to vote. In other words they cannot say "Vote for McCain this November. However, they can run an entire ad celebrating all the amazing virtues of conservatism and say "please vote with these issues in mind in November." Or, the can totally trash another candidate and say, "remember this when you vote in November." They do this because trashing another candidate can be defined as an "issue" and they don't specifically tell you how to vote, and are not directly affiliated with a specific campaign.
Sometimes 527s can do things that feel "fair." For example, if there was a 527 called Citizens for Health Care Reform, they might run and honest-to-god issue ad, talking about how broken our health care system and how urgent health care reform is. The ad would basically say, "hey we feel like this is one of the most important issues facing Americans today, and we urge you to vote with this issue in mind in November." That's a pretty pure issue ad. Of course, that's not how most 527s work. Most 527s are attack groups dedicated to trashing an opponent under the guise of an "issue ad."
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
Another member pointed this out to me and I find this interesting. A possible quid pro quo deal from Obama.
Is this illegal? Can he be impeached for something like this? Taking money for an appointment?
Anywho...
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Subject: Steve phillips > > > > Wants to join ffa board and go see obama donors to raise $. Quid pro > > quo is that some resources go to his c4/527. Thoughts?
Now did this actually happen? Not sure...I have no idea who Phillips is.
originally posted by: kruphix
a reply to: introvert
It has nothing to do with Obama.
Trump supporters are just getting very desperate and probably feel a little betrayed that the released emails don't have anything bad in them.
So now they are at the point where they are grasping...finding Obama's name in an email and screaming impeachment.
It's kind of sad to watch.
originally posted by: kruphix
a reply to: introvert
It has nothing to do with Obama.
Trump supporters are just getting very desperate and probably feel a little betrayed that the released emails don't have anything bad in them.
So now they are at the point where they are grasping...finding Obama's name in an email and screaming impeachment.
It's kind of sad to watch.