The Sound of the Crowd

Josh Marshall is having a good couple of days over at Talking Po

  1. Here he is on an issue that he rightly says “deserves a lot of attention, but has received precious little…the youth voter participation group Rock The Vote has been pushing [the draft] issue recently, calling for an election-year debate on the topic in ways you can see if you do a quick google search with their name in it. And what has the response been from the president? This week RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie sent the group a ‘cease and desist’ letter threatening legal action against the group and raising the possibility of seeking the revocation of the group’s status as a tax-exempt 501c3 organization if the group did not cease discussing the draft issue.”

Jesus god. Read more about it here.

  1. Reed Hundt, who is the former chairman of the FCC, responds to Michael Powell, who is the current chairman of the FCC. About the whole lotta nothing they intend to do about Sinclair’s broadcasting of anti-Kerry propaganda.


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