Comments on: McCain-Feingold and CBS

By: Moonage Political Webdream » Blog Archive » John McCain’s three year implosion?

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:38:58 +0000

[...] many, issues, Republicans learned they couldn’t rely on McCain. For me, the straw was the McCain-Feingold “reform” legislation that ignored the most obvious transgressors of national elections, 527’s. Teaming up with [...]

By: Moonage

Moonage — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:38:09 +0000

I think this was predictable from a political standpoint as well as legal. CBS is in a legal grey area that could hold serious ramifications for them. They have broken the laws under McCain-Feingold. How seriously the FEC pursues it is a matter of politics. Look for CBS staff to line up endorsing Bush in an effort to “prove” the Dan Rather piece was not a coordinated effort on the behalf of CBS.

By: --H

--H — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:20:24 +0000

And now the CBS plot thickens.
From the OpinionJournal:

Guess Who’s a GOP Booster?
The CEO of CBS’s parent company endorses President Bush.

With the scandal at CBS still festering, questions are being raised about whether a felony was committed when the network broadcast apparently forged memos in an attempt to discredit George W. Bush. Yesterday, the chairman of CBS’s parent company chose Hong Kong as a place to drop a little bomb. Sumner Redstone, who calls himself a “liberal Democrat,” said he’s supporting President Bush.

The chairman of the entertainment giant Viacom said the reason was simple: Republican values are what U.S. companies need. Speaking to some of America’s and Asia’s top executives gathered for Forbes magazine’s annual Global CEO Conference, Mr. Redstone declared: “I look at the election from what’s good for Viacom. I vote for what’s good for Viacom. I vote, today, Viacom.

“I don’t want to denigrate Kerry,” he went on, “but from a Viacom standpoint, the election of a Republican administration is a better deal. Because the Republican administration has stood for many things we believe in, deregulation and so on. The Democrats are not bad people….. But from a Viacom standpoint, we believe the election of a Republican administration is better for our company.” …..

As a side info., IIRC, Redstone is from Boston.

–H