Thursday, November 03, 2005
Dear Dennis Hastert:
I note that your attempt to railroad the "Paid Political Internet Splogging Act" through the House was just defeated.
If you truly favor free internet speech, well, Denny, open up comments on your blog!
Can't you do that? Or is there some sort of franking rule that would prevent an open dialog of this sort? If so - don't you think that's more of a problem than freeing paid political bloggers from FEC requirements?
Sincerely,
Michael Taht
The canned email reply from Denny's office:
I note that your attempt to railroad the "Paid Political Internet Splogging Act" through the House was just defeated.
If you truly favor free internet speech, well, Denny, open up comments on your blog!
Can't you do that? Or is there some sort of franking rule that would prevent an open dialog of this sort? If so - don't you think that's more of a problem than freeing paid political bloggers from FEC requirements?
Sincerely,
Michael Taht
The canned email reply from Denny's office:
- Thank you very much for contacting my office about an issue that I know concerns you greatly. Please note that this is an auto-reply to acknowledge that your email message has been received.
If you are a resident of the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, your position/views expressed in your message will be logged and if requested you will be receiving a response.
For those residing outside of the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, your position/views expressed in your message will be logged. At this time, due to Congressional franking privileges I am only able to respond to residents of the 14th Congressional District of Illinois. I would encourage you to also contact your Representative directly to express your views. You may do so by visiting http://www.house.gov/writerep/ and entering your zip code.
