George Will is rightly continuing to criticize the current state of campaign finance “reform” and the way politicians seem to look at it:

But the political class wants them silenced — “outlawed,” Bush says — because it considers the political process its private property. And Bush, adopting the cringing posture so prevalent in today’s scramble to be seen as a victim, says, “I understand how Senator Kerry feels — I’ve been attacked by 527s too.” Oh, well, then.

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Few voters care about questions of political process. That is why the political class feels free to act with scandalous impunity, as in this Bush-Kerry collaboration to silence what the political class persistently calls “outside groups.” A question: Outside of what?

Indeed.

Hat tip: Robert Tagorda.

2 Responses to “Will on 527s and the President’s Response”

1. Rob M Says:
   August 31st, 2024 at 8:45 pm

   BTW, McCain is blaming the FEC for all the wrongs in election financing. He is on FOX

2. Jediflyer Says:
   August 31st, 2024 at 9:42 pm

   A question: Outside of what?

   I never thought about it that way before.

   That observation makes the issue pretty clear.