Astro Turf Candidates

     Anti-abortion provocateur Randall Terry, declaring himself a Democratic candidate for President, wants to buy ads showing fetuses in and near the Super Bowl in several TV markets (none in Alabama), and a TV station in Chicago wants the FCC to rule in their favor and let them reject the ad.
     It is almost impossible for TV stations to refuse an ad for a true candidate, which he maintains he is.

Says Mr. Terry:

“Is the FCC going to force all candidates and voters to bow their knees to the party?”

    Mr. Terry is forgetting that these are party elections. The parties get to run them just about anyway they want (with the exception of states covered by the Voting Rights Act, which have to have changes in any election approved by the U.S. Justice Department.)
    I have and continue to argue that because of that, The parties should pay for the elections themselves, but that's another issue.
   Watch for a quick FCC decision!