Via Moyers & Company:
In his latest column for The Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer doesn’t merely embrace the idea that campaign donations are a form of protected speech. He goes a step further, arguing that deep-pocketed conservative donors’ activism should enjoy special protections that ordinary speech doesn’t: He thinks the well-heeled should have a right to “speak” with their dollars without facing criticism for what they say.
A web search reveals that Krauthammer had no problem with challenges to free speech in the past: He didn’t complain about the boycott of the Dixie Chicks — which is still in effect...