What Makes the World go 'Round

NZ Bear: In case y'all hadn't noticed, we're now within 60 days of the election, which means that in theory, 527 groups are now prohibited from running television and radio ads.

NZ's got a run down of how many millions of dollars the various groups have in their war chests, and some great suggestions for how to spend it.

CBS television isn't a 527, so they're free to broadcast virtually anything they want. On 60 Minutes tonight they'll broadcast accusations made by Ben Barnes regarding George Bush's National Guard service. It's always a tricky point for the Democrats - attempting to portray service in the Guard as "draft dodging", or piloting fighter aircraft as somehow not a "real" service to the country without infuriating the millions of proud Guard troops and veterans. Good luck.

Oh, and speaking of campaign finance - we're sure that in the interest of decency and fairness CBS will make very clear that Mr. Barnes has been a very active member and a dynamic fundraiser for the Kerry campaign for many years. (Yes, I know, 400k is toilet paper to John and Teresa Heinz Kerry, but I'm impressed).

But let's get back to those 527's. Here's the latest ad from Al Qaeda, one of the Dems most popular special interest groups (allow load time).

In fairness, it's actually from Moveon. And I know of no connection between Al Qaeda and the Democrats. See, I can't really tell such a lie, that would be wrong.

After viewing the ad, note this: When they say "been reported" they mean by folks like Seymour Hersh and 60 Minutes. Just wanted to clear that up.