The New Hampshire Senate has passed a “revised” version of HB1704, the amended, re-amended, amended version of what was once a perfectly functional campaign finance reform bill from the New Hampshire House that is now little more than a piece of crap with a bow on it. Or perhaps more accurately described, it is an acceptable left wing baby-step toward silencing political speech, facilitated by progressives, under the cover of “election transparency,” at the hands of a Republican Legislature.
The House needs to strip it back down to it’s roots or kill it and here’s why: The Coalition for Open Democracy.
The Coalition for Open Democracy has promoted and supported the amended versions of the bill and this should set off some alarms because the Coalition for Open Democracy claims to be “a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to ensuring integrity, transparency and efficiency in political and legislative processes in New Hampshire and the nation.” What they actually are is a patchwork of left wing organizations, run by progressives, pretending to be non-partisan, pushing the Democrat campaign finance agenda to counter or if possible undo any or all of the advances made by the US Supreme Courts Citizen United decision. And they’ll do it one tiny bit at a time if they have to.
So HB1704 is being used to move the issue a step or two to the left to establish a base from which to execute the next step or two to the left. Put more simply… It’s a trap!!
