This just in from the If It Ain't Fixed, Break It Department...

Bush Calls McCain About Anti-Kerry Ads

Associated Press -- LAS CRUCES, N.M. - President Bush wants to work with Republican Sen. John McCain to pursue court action against political ads by "shadowy" outside groups, the White House said Thursday amid growing pressure on the president to denounce attacks on John Kerry's war record.

Oh for the love of pete. It's thanks to the RINO maverick Senator, that we're in the fix we're in now. If you take your car to a mechanic and he totally screws it up, would you take it back to him work on the now-screwed-up car? No.

Find someone in DC with the stones to honestly look at what McCain-Feingold f'd up and fix it. No, better yet, scrap the whole damn First Amendment infringing mess once and for all. The more government "fixes" things the more they screw everything up.

The pisser is, I liked Senator McCain back during the run-up to the 2000 election. Maybe his primary loss turned him into some bitter bite-in-the-ass driven to stick his thumb in the President's eye every chance he got. Maybe it was because I just didn't really know his position on various issues (such as the First and Second Amendment). Either way, I'm disappointed in him.

McCain, R-Ariz., has called on Bush to condemn the anti-Kerry ads, even as he is actively supporting Bush's re-election. McCain told The New York Times that he plans to personally "express my displeasure" to the president, the paper reported Thursday.

Because he can't John (I'm seriously beginning to find everyone named 'John' annoying). If President Bush (or Senator Kerry, not that he would) told a 527 group that was going after his rival to stop, and they did, that would be considered coordination, something deemed verboten by federal election law.

A few recommendations:

• Scrap McCain-Feingold.


• Let people exercise their First Amendment rights, even if that means *gasp* within sixty days of an elecion.


• Have the groups like the Swiftvets and MoveOn.org fully disclose who is involved with them and who is funding them. Full Disclosure, baby.