Atrios pointed to this article on Move America Forward, a right-wing group running TV commercials.  It's time for the FEC to put a stop to this bullshit.  This is clear pay-to-play electoral work, and it's legalized because the FEC and reformer groups refuse to make it a priority.  

In July, with the administration facing a torrent of negative media coverage of the war in Iraq, Move America Forward sent five conservative radio-talk-show hosts to U.S. military bases in Baghdad for a week of upbeat broadcasts. Ms. Morgan says that, during her time in Iraq, she rode up and down the so-called highway of death leading from Baghdad's airport seven times to prove to her listeners that it wasn't as dangerous as media reports suggested.

In addition to his Iraq political work in the U.S., Mr. Russo has an open-ended political-advertising contract with the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq for whom he produces advertisements that run in the U.S. seeking investment in Kurdistan. Some critics accuse him of having a vested financial interest in prolonging the U.S. presence there.

This is crazy.  John Aravosis points out how crazy.  He asks good questions.  Are foreign agents trying to trick us into continuing the war?

Though I share his worry, I have a slightly different angle on it.  Why shouldn't Move America Forward have to disclose its donors?  I've asked that question about 'Americans for Job Security', which doesn't disclose its donors or consider itself subject to campaign finance law.

This is crazy.  The FEC is rendering itself completely irrelevant in terms of regulating corporate money.  There's only one thing to do - blogger ethics conference, stat!