Legal Question for You Lawyers Out There

[trinityvixen]

I read this today:Bush Campaign's Top Outside Lawyer Resigns

Granted, Kerry's got a lawyer working with a group that is doing 'get out the vote' drives, but isn't this illegal? I thought that the 527s had to operate entirely separately from candidate's campaigns. If they're sharing a lawyer, isn't that coordinating in an extent? According to the article, no, since lawyers are deemed 'not strategists.' Who the hell does that law thinks it's kidding? Lawyers are excellent strategists. It's basically what they do for a living...

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[arcane-the-sage.livejournal.com]

Actually I will go as far to say the in no way are the swift boat guys bought by Bush (though they are being supported by Bush's allies). The reason the swift boat guys are outright lying about Kerry has been made perfectly clear, they hate Kerry for his testimony in front of congress when he got back from Vietnam. Most of the swift boat guys (and esp the guy who first put it together) have said publicly that the reason they're going after Kerry is because of the testimony. For them this is one big revenge game that others are more than happy to fund since it attacks Kerry.