HELLO FIRST AMENDMENT CLUEPHONE FOR YOU

[rone]

Via modrnwrld_blog, Josh Marshall writes:

This week RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie sent [Rock The Vote] a 'cease and desist' letter threatening legal action against the group and raising the possibility of seeking the revocation of the group's status as a tax-exempt 501c3 organization if the group did not cease discussing the draft issue.

Claims that a draft is possible, Gillespie argued, are so ridiculous on their face that the the group could only be acting from 'malicious intent and a reckless disregard for the truth.'

This isn't some dinky state GOP outfit, like the one in New Mexico that wanted loyalty oaths.  This is the freakin' national chairman.

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I suppose he has a tiny point, even if it is on top of his head.

[palecur.livejournal.com]

The malicious intent I think we can pretty much take for granted, and the reckless disregard for truth is more or less facially obvious. Nonetheless, yeesh. Not realizing that (a) revocation will never happen and (b) trying will make you look like a titanic jackass in front of the nation is pretty much grounds for firing for reasons of terminal cluelessness. Goddamn, people.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

The malicious intent I think we can pretty much take for granted

I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS MALICIOUS INTENT