Re: Political ads with phone numbers

[Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>]

<<On Sat, 02 Nov 2002 20:09:03 -0500, Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com> said:

> Has to do with the last of the so-called "soft money" ads-- political ads 
> from advocacy groups.  These groups are not allowed to ask for your vote, 
> so how they get around it is by telling you to call the candidate.  

Actually, they usually tell you to call the other candidate.  This
does double duty: not only does it get around the campaign-finance
laws, but it also wastes the time and resources of the candidate the
organizations oppose.

-GAWollman