A Bush flip-flop on political fundsPRESIDENT BUSH has condemned attack ads like the ones sponsored by the swift boat group against John Kerry, but Bush doesn't even command respect with this group, since it continues to run the attack ads (and has more planned).
What's most astonishing about this is that when Bush signed the McCain-Feingold bill into law, he lamented that it was going to harm free speech because it would eliminate soft-money donations by individuals to political parties. Now he is the one who is wanting to limit free speech -- not only is he asking that the so-called 527 groups refrain from running ads, he wants the groups eliminated. Why the reversal? Perhaps it has something to do with the Democrat-leaning 527s outraising the conservative 527s by plenty.
MICHAEL WALLACE © Copyright 2004 Globe Newspaper Company.
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