CNN

Gee, the liberals are sounding more and more like fascists. There'd be a huge outcry if it was the other way around.

Your putting a Bounty on Concervatives.. What happened to my comment??? "The Voice of Voight"... I believe in this Guy...

Democats, I am truly impressed with this idea. Good work!

o please!!! all these people talking about intimidation like its WRONG!!! this administration has intimidated its way to giving us an aweful economy, an accidental war with no exit strategy and a world that hates us. its about time fire was fought with fire. the liberals have to evolve if that wish to survive the completely underhanded tactics of the republicans, which has resulted in putting an imbecile in the white house twice!!! we CANNOT let these people win again!!

It's about time Sheldon Adelson is being looked into !!
He is also trying to run the political agenda in Israel.
Check it out on google. He has his hands in everything!!
Check out his standing in Forbes, he is in the Billiionare
section, # 3 behind Gates and Buffet !!

You are not a Democrat if you're voting for McCain. Let's go ahead and clear that up. All you have to do is take the time to get off your butt and do some policy research to figure that out.

What's so bad about searching for criminal activity??? It's criminal -activity, and searching for it is American. Decrying it and hiding from it, or trying to flip it means that "conservatives" you must have something to hide. I'm sure the Dems know that once they open that door, that same scrutiny will be placed upon them, so now we really get to see who the honest candidate is. I can hear the fear in a lot of your posts now. McCain wanted to use fear tactics to make you fear Obama right?, you got your wish because I'd be trembling right now if I were a Republican. lol. Be afraid of him because he does represent change, and a change that you aren't going to like, but America is loving. The American people are speaking and your beloved conservative is losing. It's symbolicon so many levels. I love it Obama, u didn't even spearhead this, but your message encouraged others to do something positive. Sure does sound like a president to me...

K-Dub from Bama

Lets face it. The Republicans have always had Big Business in their pocket and endless dollars to get what they want. For every Enron that is brought down, there are 10 others that get away with murder. I am all for whistle-blowers. Stop the corruption or the US is doomed.
GREED KILLS!!!

Wow! what unusual news. I didn't realize politics is a dirty business where all politician are masters of saying things they can easily back out of later. Is this the American way to win at all costs? If you have ever been involved with little league baseball you will know that to win by any manner IS the American way!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The repuglicans are sleezy, sneaky and dishonest.......those commoners who vote repuglican are either ignorant or greedy or both, therefore one has to be aware and vigilant of all their dirty tricks.

in response to:
_______________ August 8th, 2008 1:01 pm ET

This is Obama and his camp's idea of advancing democracy thru bulllying ? Can you imagine some of the Hollywood types that would be touched as a result of these same tactics being applied ?
Careful with what you wish for.
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That is such a tired line. Hollywood money doesn't even begin to compare with those people that this story was talking about.

Now this is smart politics, Obama, especially if you're not going to let the lefty 527's act on your behalf. Republicans have been breaking rules for years. This is good.

Obama / (Bayh) 08/12

REMEMBER THE GENERAL PETRAEUS AD CALLING THE GENERAL BY AN UNAMERICAN APPELATION? THAT WAS BY THE MOVE-ON.ORG PEOPLE. APPEARS TO ME AS SAME SOURCE OR PEOPLE.. DEMOCRATS FOR MCCAIN.

New tools for a new war. It's sad really that it's come to this, but at least people are getting creative. They should have made it bipartisan and go after anybody violating the rules.

I am fine with this if they were holding all organizations to the same standards- including the liberal ones! It is absolutely ridiculous to hold one group to a set of standards that you aren't willing to uphold yourself.

Now this is too funny.....A 527 watching other 527's guess it makes sense in the Obama world

Republicans think it's their God-given right to cheat. They constantly flout campaign finance rules, and they hate to called on it. This puts them on notice not to try it again, and their whining defenders can't take that.

Good, It's about time we went afrter these ultra-right traitors and pigs and went after that which they most prize in life -- a stinkin' buck!

What goes around comes around and after what these cowards did in 2004, it's going to come around in the form of lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, and financial death. This time, it's Obama supporters who have the $$$ to wage political war and we are going to do it like never before. R.I.P. GOP 527's

This is a joke. You need to keep a watch on Barack Obama.

Accountable America – Is this a joke or just more vile partisanship?

Here's to hoping for a divisible America for liberals and conservatives.

So, what's more aggregious behavior? Skirting around and braking Federal Election Commision rules? Or hiding behind "Free Speech" while braking the Federal Election Commission rules?

Got no problem with Accountable America... However, accountability is everybody's consern. This accountability should apply to ALL 527 (liberal, conservative, or otherwise). Otherwise you are failing the American people.

Thank you fellow Dems for at least trying to minimize the "Swift Boating" of Obama by the wild-eyed neocon 527s.
It won't stop it all (to many wackos with money who don't really give a crap) but it should at least slow it down a bit....

What is there to worry about? If you aren't doing anything illegal, this shouldn't trouble you.

Leave it to Republicans to actually defend illegal practices under the name of Free Speech...

Republicans: the Law and Order party...except when we're the ones breaking the law or sowing disorder!

Wait wait wait...a liberal group is trying to police campaign finances??? LOL, let me know the number of investigations launched on liberal sites.

The fact that moveon.org has a hand in this enough to laugh it off.

I hope the Convservatives return the favor...

Gee I guess it is okay for MOVEON.Org?

Bless you

MoveOn relinquished it's 527 status in 2005, some of you dittoheads need to get your info from an intelligent source. Do some of your own research instead of being spoon fed sound bites, that you then regurgitate on blogs which only serves to prove your a simpleton, not capable of thinking for yourself..

Rut Row, This could put a serious dent in McBush's finances.

THE RUSSIAN JUGGERNAUT IS AT IT AGAIN. V. PUTIN THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA STILL CONTROLS RUSSIA THRU HIS "PROTEGE" AND SUCCESSOR (PUPPET) MEDVEDEV..
THEY ALWAYS RESORT TO ARMED FORCE AND INVADE ANOTHER COUNTRY WHEN THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO THREAT TO THEIR NATIONAL SECURITY.

I'd have to agree with PS, Jeff and Scott!!! It is intimidation in the worse case!

Liberals love free speech, unless it is contrary to what they believe.

Fact: Democrat 527s grossly outspent Republican 527s in the 2004 election...the Republican ones just happened to have more of an impact

hahahaha, i love it

Maligning anyone with slanderous accusations is not "free speech", it is a crime, ps. It is wonderful to know there is a watchdog keeping tabs on the people who distort free elections time after time.

what a gimmick.. how much you want to bet they never pay anyone any money?
it's like those hucksters that say "we'll give 1 million dollars to anyone who can show me the law that says you have to pay income tax", and when someone points to section 26 of the US code, they try to weasel their way out of it semantically.

these people are under no obligation to pay anyone money for anything, and i guarantee you they won't. obviously a fearmongering gimmick.. why only conservatives? they are content with shady financing for liberals?

moveon – it's been 8 years and you have YET to move on. you've been whining about bush for 8 years now... my suggestion is to MOVE ON

Moveon.org relinquished their 527 status at the request of Obama earlier this year. It's good to see someone go on the offensive against these neocons! Great move guys, keep it up.

Moveon.org relinquished their 527 status at the request of Obama earlier this year.

Typical left-wing hypocrisy, going after donors to right-wing 527s and ignoring Soros' funding of moveon.org.

Wow, these people are lunatics.

If you don't like the message, don't listen to it.

Who is anyone to say how much can be spent to get a message out, or how someone spends their own money?

I find it funny that the liberals always talk about how conservatives want to kill our freedom, yet the liberals are the ones who are constantly telling everyone how to live their lives. You folks are the worst, you are hypocrites. You pick and choose parts of the constitution and jam your opinions down everyones throats, as if you are the only ones who are right.

Anyone care to research the fact that the Dem's talk about McCain's gas tax plan as a gimmick, yet they were avoiding paying the gas tax while setting up for their convention by filling up vehicles at state fueling sites – why? TO SAVE SOME MONEY. The average american can't get a break on a few bucks a gallon because we NEED the money so badly- yet the elitist liberals in the government think they can skirt the law so they can save a few bucks.

More hypocrisy from the lunatic liberals.

Grab your pitchforks and torches, my true fellow Americans- lets take a trip to Washington.

(Only after congress gets back from their 5 week vacation... Hey, how was everyone's 5 week vacation this year? Funny, i seemed to have missed mine.......What a bunch of scum bags. )

If this is Democrat terrorism we need a lot more of it. The Republicrooks have had their way long enough. Bring it on I hope they give a lot of rewards away. That will mean we are making our country ethical again.

I am glad sombody had finally been able to expose these groups. Give names, that is GREAT. Keep up the good work.

For The Love of God:
You have a point – both conservative AND liberal 527 groups should be held accountable if they break campaign finance law, and the responsibility to indict and prosecute such groups belongs to Congress and the Executive Branch of the federal government. However, since they are both a bunch of do-nothing children who would rather not take any real responsibility, then personally I like to see each side make a stand and take their fight to the other. If we can't hold our own government accountable for upholding the law, then it is up to all of us as individuals and groups to hold each other accountable.

Obama in 2008 – Yes we can!

To quote Willard speaking to his pet rat Ben, "Tear 'em up!"

Right on, Scott! Moveon is exactly the opposite – a liberal 527 group that tries desperately to derail any conservative movement. The liberal idiots trying to run this country are absolutely ruining it and have the unmitigated gall to blame conservatives. Down with NOBAMANATIONALISM. Someone needs to tell that big purple mouth to shut up and climb back in his tree!

Moveon is the author of General Betray Us. Remember that?

They are the worst offenders. Unfortunately, many on this site believe their spewed garbage!

AND WE ARE SURPOSE TO BE AFAID AND RUN TUCK OUR HEADS IN THE GROUND.....
WHAT ABOUT MOVE ON .ORG.... THAT SUPPORTS OBOMA.....
DO YOU THINK TWO CAN NOT PLAY THE SAME GAME??????
OBOMAS TEAM ARE ALL A BUNCH OF CRYBABYS,,,...
MCCAIN GOT OUT AHEAD OF OBOMA ON HIS ADS.....
THE MEDIA PAYED ATTENTION TO MCCAIN AND NOW THE OBOMA TEAM IS CRYING THE BLUES.....
YOU GO 527..... DO YOUR STUFF NOW.......

Maybe they can catch some of the international money being funneled to Obama – or did they miss that news article???

Someone should make the same offer regarding Moveon and Dailykos. They are by far the worst offenders.

Daily Kos ran a picture of Lieberman on his knees in front of Pres. Bush, performing an "act".

Both are disgusting organizations that need to disappear. I would argue they are worse than the "swiftboaters" because many far lefty's believe what they say. When the majority of what they say is inaccurate at best

All the Republicans are guilty.
Now where's my money?!

It's Chicago all over again!

Perfect and I am sure very unexpected by the repugs and 527s..........

Find them and put them out of business

lets see how McCain does soley on "public financing"....something he only accepted because at the time Big Oil CEO's werent donating to him.

Go ahead, vote Obama, elect another bloodsucking lawyer. Reminds me of "Soth Park", 3rd season – case "Everyone vs Everyone". Guess who wins.

AND WHO BELEIVES THE BIG BAD WOLF......... THE OBOMA COWARDS.
MCCAINS LATEST ADS. HAVE THE OBOMA TEAM AT WHERE DID THAT COME FROM MODE..........
YOU GO 527.........I KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE SOME WHERE.......
DO YOUR STUFF......

ahem. they should also target moveon, the AFL-CIO, etc...

or, if they don't want to, then how about themselves?

The only criminals that will get caught are liberals. Proven fact!

So, what you Reps are saying is: "Lying your arse off is free speech and the only way to win an election and run a country."
Okay. I think I get it.
Hope it gets real expensive for you. But that's okay, you can afford it!

This sure sounds a lot like Democrat terrorism to me.

Pretty desperate democrats.

Begin investigations on anybody and everybody that supports McCain?

Typical. Quick, we need to get some bad press on the Republicans before Obama actually has to answer a question about policy.

A Proud FORMER democrat.

It is about time that someone pays attention to the indirect attacks used by the McCain republicans this time around.

The code words and the blattant language they are using are UnAmerican.

Obama 08/12.

When did truth become a 4 letter word?
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.
'Bout dam time.

McCain made the rules, it is about time he has to go by them! and yes, MoveOn is a 527, but they are one who actually FOLLOW THE RULES!

This is a wonderful way to make everyone accountable, especially after the last 8 years of liberal groups being under constant threats by the IRS while conservative ones can do whatever they wish.

Sometimes it is almost amusing to read the comments. Me thinks it would be better to educate oneself before making nasty remarks.

This kind of stuff will only hurt Obama... People don't like this kind of stuff... harrasing voters and supporters is risky.

Besides... 527s are legal... Move on org is one of them... this isn't too bright.

The one who NEEDS to be accountable... is Obama.

He is a crook. In Chicago with Rezko... and in his campaign fundraising

I just laugh as I see the hypocrites talk about campaign intergrity.... from the FLip Flop Queenie Himself ... Obama....No longer holding to long held campaign financing standards cause "They" (Whiteys?) will lambast him.

LOL... His ignorance lambasts the lil one who is a wannabe Senator who doesnt know the right button to push when he votes.

So... what happend to FREE SPEECH? Do I still live in the USA?

Isn't MOVEON one of these groups too? No wonder BHO needs money!

He wants to supress all the voices of opposition in this country! PEOPLE

BEWARE!!!!

Debby –

No, moveon closed their 527 awhile back.

Wow. Just...Wow. Listen to some of you guys, shouting out support for a group that's organized by liberal 527s to hunt down any conservative 527s and donators who break any rules and regs, yet you'd scream and cry if a conservative group did the same. Notice the $100,000 reward for any info...That's a lot of money. People with big bank accounts are funding this hunt, and throwing a lot of cash behind it, to bully their guys into office. Don't you find that the least bit suspect? Now yes, if they offered that for information on -all- 527s and donations, I wouldn't have a problem, but this is one-sided and ridiculous.

Lions, tigers, and bears...Oh my!!!

Nice!!!!

While the fact this group exists and is getting press does concern me, the comments thereafter are a bigger concern. From what I understand of these 527s, the finance reform laws do not apply to them. Therefore, a republican (or democratic for that matter) donor is not doing anything illegal. There may be a debate about the nature of the group, but we cannot nor should not police thought and intention.

For those of you who see this as the best thing ever and want to hunt down those evil conservatives, I hope you realize the danger this group could potential mean to the liberal side as well.

Elections should not be witch hunts and free speech should be available to everyone. Instead of trying to hurt either side with threats and negativity, why don't we try to work together to find the best balanced course for our country to continue being great.

Isn't MoveOn a 527? Isn't this the same proud, brave group of citizens that hid behind the MoveOn campaign of General Betrayus? Man, I can't help but think this is a two way street and there will be plenty of "exposed" democrats.

This is fantastic. I was hoping something like this would emerge, and it has in time to actually thwart those efforts.

McCain can't afford the ads to talk about his issues – he's spending it all trying to tear down an intelligent man. He's wasting donors' money. We know what's what

Obama '08

Something must be done to stop STUPID people from voting

or

to stop people from voting STUPIDLY.

I am frightened that people who either lack the ability [or the desire] to think critically and wade through the lies and distortions of groups like this ....

get to participate in the election of the President.

This is how we got "C-student" George W. Bush.

PS – since when have we the americans ever gotten all the facts about the issues honestly? There is no fair way to play this game unless conservatives stop whining and start making ads that dont promote a negative version of Obama while promoting McCain's ideas but that is just wishful thinking

Hear! Hear!

I love it!!! Now conservatives can do the very same thing to.wealthy liberals' donations, Hollywood donations, donation by unions, trial lawyer donations, NEA 527s, liberal 527s, MoveOn.org, environmental 527s, etc., etc, etc. Yes!!!!

ps,
You must be living under a rock. Obama has been "telling people the issues" for months on end.
Pay attention.

If you think this is a dirty tactic by the DNC, I have some news for you.
It's not even near as dirty and corrupt as some of the neo-con stunts of 04'.
Do some research.

LOL

Wait, a liberal 527 (also the biggest 527 out there) threatining conservatives about starting up 527s? MoveOn is such a joke and just as bad as any right-leaning 527s that have ever existed.

There really needs to be some ethics organization somewhere in govt and in media...

Don't talk about bullying without showing McWarmonger's picture. The little robot bully that wants to bomb bomb bomb bomb

You repukes are brain-washed – oops – no brains to wash.

Go Obama '08

Move On.org and Barack Obama...try to end free speech in America.
It won't work.

The Democrats are the different side of the same coin. This is absurd.

Jealousy will get you everywere republicans, America sees you in all your desperate glory, McCain is seeing to that with his idiotic ads that he's patting himself on the back for! The more republicans negatively attack Obama, the more Americans understand why CHANGE is needed, we only HOPE that crooks like McCain and his cronies get their public come uppance through total and devastating humiliation, the same as they hope to accomplish with Obama, which will never happen and republicans know it. Obama has a more loyal base than McCain and Obama's base is growing all the time, soon it won't matter what McCain says, he'll never have enough republicans out there to even vote for him, but Obama will. As the saying goes, "safety in numbers", and the Democrats have the fastest growing voter base ever. Just something to think about as you republicans sit their and gloat, I can wait for November but I can't wait to see McCain verbally shred another of his political speeches. Love those misspeaks of the old "maverick".

what a bunch of hypocrites. what do you people think moveon.org is? i love the liberal "do as i say, not as i do" attitude. they really are a sickening group of people.

@Debby August 8th, 2008 1:02 pm ET

Wait isn't Move On a liberal 527 so how can they target Republican ones?
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no, MOVEON.org gave up it's527 status

ps 'So, now we are into threats of witch hunts to curb free-speech?...

err... this has nothing to do with free speech. This makes sure rethuglicans don't actually BREAK the law....

got that, dummy?????

This is just a witch hunt. How about if I started an organization that offered a reward for the arrest of ONLY black criminals. Would the liberals support this idea? Same idea–it is discriminationary either way.

Isn't sending out threatening letters saying if you do something you will suffer certain consequences so you better not do it – a from of extortion? And I take it this is being done under the okay of Barak Obama since they are the ones they have been supporting and placing TV ads for? Is this the new kind of politics Obama is promising?

Liberal here(I think)

So actively spying on your cohorts is a good thing if it is sponsored by the Dems but a bad thing if sponsored by the Gov.

I have so lost connection with the Democratic party.

WAY TO GO!

OBAMA '08

Liberal democrats telling the truth are as rare as Arabs selling oil for $50 a barrel. Dems still stuck on stupid and lies. Liberal democrats are the new KKK. How proud you B.O. lovers must be.

go tom!

What next in America, bonuses for turning in speeders? Tax breaks for ratting out un-american neighors?

This sounds just like how Obama got elected in Illinois. Threaten and challenge all the competition, and you're the only name left. Not too hard, but not at all democratic.

Debby August 8th, 2008 1:02 pm ET

Wait isn't Move On a liberal 527 so how can they target Republican ones?

Yes it is. And don't you love that they are only willing to pay for info that hurts republicans. They just said plain as day we don't care what happens on the other side of the aisle.

Only a loser would support such a group.

GO LIBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liberals repressing the truth, no suprise there. Who will hold the Democrats accountable?

This is great. Past time to stop the republican lies and swiftboating. This is our country, not their exclusive little country club!

What a brilliant idea!! Great job, moveon.org!!

The difference between Moveon.org 527 and the GOP's 527's is all of the ILLEGAL donations the GOP's 527s have... HENCE the need for accountability and this organization.

Evil has a name... and it's name is GOP.

Party before Country, Money before Honor...

Leave it to the liberals to attack freedom of speech. You can say or do anything you want, as long as it agrees with the facist liberal agenda. Who's holding Move On accountable for it's trash like the General Betray Us ad? You guys are like the stuff you scrape of the bottom of your shoes.

What some slimeballs . You can smell the fear of moveon . ogr. This group is nothing but a bunch of anti-america socialist like Obama and his followers. The 527's have aright within the law to express their concerns with their adds. The BLACK MESSIAH' is not president yet and we are not his slaves or followers. Moveon . Org and the Obama campagin don't care to use them foriegn contributions from overseas and the Arab countrys. They sound like a bunch of cry babies. I want to be mean to you and say what I want but I don't want you to be able to fight back.

i am so happy Obama opted out of the tragically flawed Public Finance System...but we see how McCain's camp has found loop holes that allow the GOP to receive huge amounts of funds...

I second that Informed Voter! Very very NICE indeed. It's about time!

I'm glad Move-on is working on this. Someone has to stop the neo-cons who have more money than ethics. That swiftboat group after Kerry was reprehensible. Too bad they were trying to re-elect two men two never served in the military by ruining the reputation of someone who risked his life to serve his country. In my opinion, that's when politics fell to the lowest point in the history of this country. It was even worse than when Bush and company stole the 2000 election.

No, it's not nice to threaten the GOP, but they brought it on themselves and they definitely need to be watched – closely. As columnist Molly Ivins once said "you all go out and enjoy your holiday. I'll watch Karl Rove because God knows somebody has to!" Boy, was she ever right on! These are nasty people!

Guess this is what Obama meant when he said they would campaign in the politics as usual style.....oops...my mistake, he said hope and change, hope and change, hope and change. Guess he meant everyone else needs to change, except those that would directly try to benefit him. This is sickening, but I'm sure there will be a "turnabout is fair play" response and we will be back to "politics as usual."

You Dems are silly....IDIOTS!!!

Dou you realize that Moveon.org is a 527 goup? The swiftboat group was only started because of Moveon to counter some of the Kerry loving that is going on now with "The One".

Oh, and by-the-way 527's are legal and they CAN spend as much money as they want to crush Obama. I just hope we get the same effectiveness as we got from T. Boone (the Democrats new best friend) and his buddies.

Oh, revenge is SWEET!!!

YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF MORONS
along with MOVEON.ORG and the likes.

I agree this group should target any group breaking the rules. But be honest, it is the Repubs that admit they try to suppress the vote of those that are likely to vote Democratic (yes, there are tapes from specches, etc. that prove this is their strategy – look it up). Diebold, a Repub corp. conveniently cannot provide a paper trail fro their voting machines, Repugs swiftboated Kerry, put out ads on Obama like "The One" and "The Celeb", send out false e-mails calling Obama a Muslim and "unpatriotic", ansd spawned the likes of Karl Rove – need I say more! So, I think it is more likely to see a Repug running a dishonest, sleazy campaign – facts is facts!

Lets start with Limbaugh,hes the biggest 527 I have ever seen .

Great Work! Progressives need to keep the republican hacks on defense.

Obama/Clinton 08

or

Obama/Bayh 08

You can not make this stuff up.

Those who decry this is violating free speech imply it's OK to lie, slander, and libel I guess...

Hey Hey idiots ! What about old George Soros buying the elections for the dems? There's enough bull crap on both sides! Come on CNN!

Come on Rethuglicans! Bring those knives 'cuz the guns are loaded!!!

The Republicans have become bigots, biased hate-mongers, and constitution killers.

Tell me again why anyone would support such a group of people.

This party was hi-jacked by the Neo-Cons some time ago and is no longer the party I supported for over 25 years.

I cannot in good conscience support a party that is moving toward fascism. I have two simple filters for this coming election:
1) Anyone incumbent in Congress I can vote against, I will
2) If #1 above does not apply or there is a conflict, I vote DEM

Dear ps:

The DNC learned from the best, the RNC & Rove. Obviously you have not been paying attenion to the issues the last 18 months. We'll have Obama take out ads in the tabloid of your choice, since that seems to be the mentality and reading ability of McCain and his supporters. What's the matter, not so funny when the little guy fights back!!!

Does this include the 'white supremacy groups' too? Video on yahoo.

Is this an example of the left's embrace of free speech? Please! One wonders what leftists would be saying if a similar group was created to target liberal groups.

If Obama truly means what he says about change, he should immediately denounce this anti-free speech tactic.

BRILLIANT! What those "527's" did to destroy an American hero, John Kerry in the 2004 elections was disturbing and evil!

I, for one, would like to know, who this businesses and people are.

In all fairness, perhaps they should warn George Soros and moveon.org as well.

This liberals are so neophite.

ps You are most likely more stupid then your posting

RNC you don't get dirtier than them and thier supporters

While I do not admire the 527s, I admire these thug tactics even less.

This is what the Obama Nasty-As-We-Want-to-Be cultists bring us.

Watch out, America. When the Power Brokers cease to tolerate dissent, and go after the dissenters like this, it's a reminder of how Hitler's Germany came to be.

Great!! I am glad somebody finally can take some action against these groups & expose them, giving names. Good Work.

Ps:
" guess its cheaper to mail out threats than to actually spend money promoting a candidate and telling people about the issues."

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Just a little fact, 527s are not suppose to promot a candidate just the issues.

ps: Free speech is when you take responsibilty and are accountable for what you say. I don't think there is one HONEST Republican who wouldn't agree that the Rove style smear and smear until it sticks is what McCain is pursuing now..hey, McCain can do the same thing with the Democrats ads...

With all his expenditures on negative ads, why isn't the USED TO BE maverick not soaring in the polls??

Hmmmmm...

A new liberal group is offering a $100,000 reward for any information that runs afoul of federal campaign finance regulations, BUT, 527 advocacy organizations are independent groups that are not subject to Federal Election Commission regulations.

Anyone else see the progressive logic in this argument??

so basically this group will do nothing?... what about targeting themselves? seems kinda self rightous to me... o well libs think of everything...

why aren't the interesting in finding corruption with liberal contributions? if they are interesting in what's right and true justice, why are they limiting their search to conservative organizations? This sounds very odd to me....

Ridiculous. Liberals only believe in accountability and free speech when it's something that helps their cause.

GOOD, let's these idiots face the music NOW..

Great start. Now how about getting a group together to get rid of the 527's all together. Enough is enough already. Thank you!

Uh-OH....I gotta hide...LOL!!!

Accountable America??

Coming from the left..., even the name is a joke.

Typical Obama move. He did afterall have all of his opponents' names administratively removed from the ballot and ran unopposed to become a congressman.

I think we should start with Moveon's "you can't have him" ad that Factcheck said was a "serious distortion" of McCain's position on a troop presence (not a continuing war) in Iraq.

Hypocracy again from the far, far, far left...

I think a review will find more Democratic 527's fined by the FEC than Republican.

KEEP IT COMING !!!!!! OBAMA 08

Accountable America – just another name for the liberal press?

Is this on solid legal grounds? It sounds like bribery/intimidation. I guess the PUMAs will tell you about similar tactics.

This is wonderful.
If this been available for the 2000 election, Dubya would be long ago retired to the funny farm.

I just gave $25.00. This really matters!!

Absolutely unbelievable. Moveon.org shut down its 527 a month ago so it could find another way to wage its war against free speech. God forbid some of the 527s could disseminate information on the airwaves usually reserved for newsanchors fawning over Obama. Including the word "conservative" in the "bounty" illustrates the pathetic nature of this contemptible organization. "New politics", huh? What scares me is that I don't even know whether these fools understand the extent of their own hypocrisy.

Yea for the Dem's!!!! It's about time!!! I've been a republican for over 50 years and I am soooo ashamed of what they have been doing!
I even have an Obama bumper sticker on my car and I have NEVER put a thing on my car before(always a very conservative person). NOT any more!!! Out with the old, very old and in with the new!!! NO WARS< NO DRAFTS (you aren't getting my grandchildren) NO BIG OIL

GO OBAMA Landslide in November

I bet the GOP didnt see this one coming. Staying 1 step ahead of the swiftboaters thats are probably gonna come soon enough. Enforce the rules and the GOP cowers.

what about the MoveOn.org ads clearly targeting McCain?...527's and their negative ads, conservative or liberal, have no place in the election process.

wow . . somehow I don't think Accountable America's attempts at blackmail are going to work here.

Threatening donors. Ridiculous.

As pro-McCain CNN has been of late I am beginning to think they are a 527..

Conservatives won't do this because even a $5 reward would bankrupt the coffers. Democrats get more suspicious funding than Al Quada.

Debby get your facts straight your apparently a typical uninformed voter! Just the type of people this action is made to protect you from you own ignorance. The radical right wing of the republican party has been lying to it's people to get there agenda pushed forward basically so that the richest 1% of white Americans live in luxury while you and I make it check by check. I was a republican for many years and can not believe this radical right has completely corrupted my party. I am glad they are doing this these 527's need to be shut down on both sides of the line both liberal and right wing nut! We also need to stop these pac's. We have a system of democracy and all these things have been created as a way to go around the democracy we supposedly believe in.

Once again, Joe Kiloz shows his biased ignorance in favor of the Republicans. God forbid that anyone scrutinize what they do and how they do it. We wouldn't want to catch them in their sleazy mud-slinging and lying in order to put fear, uncertainty, and doubt into their illiterate followers, would we?

The Republicans are a joke and no longer the party I supported for the past three decades. They need to be replaced, and will be this fall.

no more fraud on America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NIICE! Hold these lieing republican scum accountable for once! Republican TRASH!

Wow left wing nut jobs trying to supress free speech that they don't agree with.....never heard of that before

Represent the workers then, steal the places of business away from national governments, if you will not represent the people by representing with apportioned government you will be legally disenfranchised by another nation, and an apportioned government suceeds with International treaties binding the individual to treaties as well as the government so likened to universal commandments until inter-orbital living conditions become more available and those abiding in space can obstruct the nations treaties by becoming permanent citizen's, while still dependent upon the earth's produced digestibles, but able to insight severely violent actions with larger orbital craft upon the earth's surface or atmosphere.

OR thier are always horses, I guess; life in two hundred years: and at least the castles are still standing.

This is what "taking back AMERICA" is all about. It is time to put another race in the White House, and it should be called quite frankly, "America's House" the term white-house is an subliminal message by the GOP and the likes of the Clintons to say "they don't look like us". The times they are changing, and the Democrats prove they will not be out manuevered this year or anytime in the future. OBAMA Nation has awakened the sleeping giant and in two months and a half, America will elect the First Bi-Racial President in it's 230+ years, Oh what a day in the life of this nation. CHANGE is on the way for Asian's, Latino's-Hispanics, Blacks, Whites, First Americans. This will be a glorious day in America on November 5th, when OBAMA is elected, then on January 19th, 2008, on the Lincoln Memorial, when the next great leader from the "GREAT STATE OF ILLINOIS" will ensure the beginning of "A MORE PERFETC UNION". The idea to offer a reward is grand, not this time GOP/RNC, this is our moment, this is the time we have been waiting for! The Dawn of a New Era-OBAMA 08 and beyond!

and who keeps the liberal organizations in check? Are they all in compliance?

In light of all of these foolish and downright lies that McCain inserts into his TV campaign ads about Obama would it be so wrong for Obama to use the "Vietnam veterans against John McCain" that was floating around on the internet? I know, it's in the vein of the SwiftBoat veterans for truth of 2004 but as my Dad always said "what's good for goose--". Just in case no one has had the sense to inform McCain, He is no Johnny Carson.

Not long before this becomes a shooting war.

It's about time.

EXXON FAVORS OBAMA BUT BIG OIL FAVORS McCAIN – DID SOMEONE FORGET TO MENTION THAT EXXON IS OWNED BY FOREIGN OIL COMPANY A MEMBER OF MIDDLE EAST OPEC. AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING OBAMA. I WONDER WHY???

GO get them.

Whooohooooo.....lovin' it.

Why are they ONLY targeting republican donors with the 527.

There are democratic 527 donors as well.

Sounds like another democRATic attempt at stifling the election process to me. More sensorship and more FEAR tactics from the democRATs.

There go our 1st amendment rights, courtisy the democRATs.

Why isn't MoveOn.org being targeted, they are one the worst, with all of the lies and propagada that they put out.

If they only target republican donors, it just goes to show you how undemocratic the democRATic party really is.

Wow, we are deadly serious when it comes to getting those buffoons out of Washington.

I love it, this was brilliant. So the GOP sympathizers can swift-boat if they want to, but they will be held accountable.

Kudos....wow.

Sounds like the dirty politics of "annialate the competition" Obama!

He can't win on the issues, and he accrues huge negatives when he keeps saying, "I want to change America." America doesn't want to become a socialist country!

Senator John McCain 08 and Senator Hillary Clinton 2012!

Wow. I thought this country was about rights, free speech and all that stuff. I guess it is as long as it's not against Obama. Fasten your seat belts folks. This is a sample of things to come under a Liberal America.

Great! At least someone will keep this detestible scum cleaned up and make it more difficult for Fox News to cheer them on. They'll still try to spread their intolerable rubbish and lies, but let's hope they have to pay dearly for their efforts.

WHAT KIND OF AUTHORITY DOES THIS GROUP HAVE. IF THEY ARE NOT GOVERNMENT. WHAT ARE THEY THE BLACK PANTHERS THREATENING SOMEONE AGAIN. GIMME A BREAK.

This group is definitely needed. Senator McCain has gotten so nasty of late with some outright lies and other questionable things – and it is a shame. I would not have voted for him in the first place but thought he would run an honorable campaign but have since learned that he is not. He has let the Karl Rove types lead him around like he has a loop in his nose that they yank on and he does exactly what they tell him to do. Those 527s will be more vicious than Senator McCain's Karl Rove types.

I think it is admirable to limit the ability of 527's to slander any candidate. To bad this organization wants to hold only conservative groups accountable. Why not a large reward for any 527 who slanders a candidate? Apparently, they only want accountability for those who hold differing views.

OH MY GOD this is why america will go down in flames if Obama is elected, the liberals are crazy and will turn aginst any american in a heart beat.They are the route of all evil. They need to rename the party to Lindincrates.

What a wonderful idea. It was about time!

Good, something needs to be done to these organizations that perform libel by making up lies like they did with John Kerry. I applaud this process to stop these 527 organizations from their blatant lies to misinform voters with fraudulent information on both sides of the aisle.

Good...it's about time the Democrats hit back fairly and decisively to help bring American politics back to issues and honesty.

perhaps CNN and the rest of the media should stop being propaganda machines and not give free ad time to McCaibn's ads without at least fact checking them within the article.

Perhaps you could start by giving equal time to the DNCs ad responding to McCain's ad of him being a maverick.....he is a USED to be maverick as revealed by the same people in his ad decrying his role as a maverick.

Give'm hell. America deserves better than what its been getting.
Obama '08

An
independent political attack organization backing a candidate
is going after
independent political attack organizations backing candidates.

Tell me someone else picked up on this besides me.

So who needs a UN. please make all donations bound for any philanthropic institution to the UN office of 'said' philanthropic donation.
At the Gas station the petition should have a UN stamped seal of not fraudlent charity. The UN should govern such, religions, unions, corporations, and charities that exist, Olympics should be a merchandising reward to that governing body.

These things above should be found under treaties produce and signed by the governments of the many populous nation's; and, what happens when the populous of nations moves to the UN through the internet,- what land do they own but prison, or the expected and bound Slavery of any international corporations Work sights including those under instruction by the UN and provided for by the peoples working and a justified but slight international taxation or charity?

TIME TO TAKE ON THE SLIME MACHINE – even against McCain's flip flop on running a clean campaign the democrats are going to do whatever it takes to hold the line tight on the SLIME MACHINE.

Republicans the politics of smear and dirt are over. Lets talk issues.

Well this is a weird one.

Hunt 'em Down!

I like it!! Glad to see some push back from the Libs.

The no-neck, wife beating, barbeque repigs are gettin' burned now!!

Excellent effort on the part of Moveon.org. The republican slime behind these 527 propaganda ploys do nothing but hurt this country....

Obama '08!!

CNN, why would you label a group attempting to reign in campaign abuses as 'liberal'? I'm glad to see someone is trying to pull the plug on those swiftboaters. Accountable America, go for it!!

That is laughable. Do they think they are going to deter anyone with that? I never gave money to a 527 in my life but I am thinking about doing so now just to stick it to these one-sided pseudo-do-gooders who apparently don't care at all about left-leaning 527s but I guess that is because they are so patently ineffectual and couldn't even defeat GWB!!! GWB!!! (Who I didn't vote for, by the way). John Kerry Swiftboated himself by trying to make his 4-month combat service record more than it was and on allowing others (I am sure it wasn't his idea) to do the "Reporting for Duty..." thing at the convention. He will never be president of anything. Obama may well be president someday but I would bet my life on it that it will not be in 2009.

Something like the efforts of this group might have helped Kerry in 2004 by making up for his own inadequacies.

This year, no ‘swiftboating’ of Barack Obama will be necessary.

All that Republicans have to do – and all that those Democrats who have not forgotten core principles of democracy have to do – is remind the public regularly about exactly what Barack Obama really is:

an unknown, inexperienced and unprincipled rhetorician without a record.

Well with the tv news media picking up every Obama ad of McCain's and playing up his negative campaign, he really doesn't need much money from 527s. The media it appears is still his base and will give him all the free advertising and propping up he will need.

So how does a name like "Acountable America" apply to an organization targeting conservatives only? This organization can do what it wants – but maybe it should start with some accountability for its own name!

Game, Set, Match.

Listen closely and you can hear the Obamies Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. How unusual. LOL

Nothing like the pot calling the kettle black. Move on is the Democrats 527.

Three words:

GO

GET

THEM

Check Mate Baby!

About time that we liberals got tough on crime.

Now, let's talk impeachment and war crimes trials!

So, now we are into threats of witch hunts to curb free-speech?

I guess its cheaper to mail out threats than to actually spend money promoting a candidate and telling people about the issues.

I think this election may finally prove that the DNC and its cohorts are actually dirtier politicians than the RNC.....

So what.

They will work around it. Since when has the rule of law stopped those determined to ignore it.

Wait isn't Move On a liberal 527 so how can they target Republican ones?

Good, it's about time these morons are held responsible for their crimes

Accountable America? Oh you mean, Hold Conservatives Accountable? I'd not have wasted my time writing a comment had this group decided to have an bounty in reward for finding any conservative OR liberal guilty of violating campaign finance laws.

But....I shall not hold my breath. This is just a joke. It would be actually funny if it weren't so sad.

This is Obama and his camp's idea of advancing democracy thru bulllying ? Can you imagine some of the Hollywood types that would be touched as a result of these same tactics being applied ?
Careful with what you wish for.

Yes! get those neo cons good!! They, the repugs are all a bunch of crooks so I hope you guys have enough money to pay the rewards.

What a great idea!!!!

Obama Richardson 2008

WOOHOOO Finally accountability. If only we had this in 2004 with the swiftboat group.

THIS IS NICE AND AGGRESSIVE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

VOTE OBAMA.....08

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!