Bush doesn't like the law as is? Bush makes up his own law!
The campaign spent $80 million on television ads it labeled “hybrid” ads — they promoted the president’s bid for a second term, but also included references to Republican congressional candidates. By throwing in House and Senate candidates, the Bush gang made up its own rule — the ads were only half about the president’s campaign, so it meant they only half of the costs counted for financing purposes. (The RNC reported the other half.)
This particularly egregious because Bush participated in the public-financing system — after his convention, the president and his campaign team accepted the $74.6 million in public funds for the general election. If they’d played it straight, those “hybrid” ads that touted the president in key states/districts nationwide would never have run.
Read on and you will learn that the FEC blocked an investigation into the matter because two of its members are, you guessed it... "loyal Bushies."
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