"The Democrats on the Federal Election Commission, following efforts to muzzle conservative news sites and even an anti-Obama movie maker, voted in secret to regulate conservative text messages despite a staff recommendation that the agency drop the case.
The three Democrats, in dismissing the advice from the FEC's own legal staff, voted to punish a Virginia firm that issued anti-Obama texts days before the 2012 presidential election, a move that would have set a sweeping precedent in advance of the upcoming election.
It was part of a long campaign by Democrats to target those that use new technology to press their political views, including past efforts to regulate Google and Facebook messages, and most recently conservative news sites like the Drudge Report, and the maker of the anti-Obama movie, "Dreams of My Real Father: A Story of Reds and Deception."...Republicans have argued that the Democrats only want to muzzle conservative content.
The latest case focused on a Chantilly, Va., political action committee called Americans In Contact PAC.
Shortly before the 2012 reelection of President Obama, it sent out texts that read "The Obama administration perpetuated misinformation about Libya. Vote against Obama!" and "Obama supports homosexuality and its radical social agenda. Say No to Obama on Nov 6!..."
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