FRAGMENT ACSC.002: "... American Candidate is 'commentary' within the meaning of the Act and the regulations."

FRAGMENT ACSC.003: 2/3/04 [HAIKU] WHAT PROVES LEADERSHIP: ANSWERING the wrong questions? ASKING the right ones?

FRAGMENT ACSC.004: BOSTON GLOBE 'Candidate' is a new vote for mixing entertainment, politics By Suzanne C. Ryan, Globe Staff, 2/1/2004 " ... While a monetary prize has not been announced, the producers have suggested that the winner might have, enough clout to endorse an actual candidate or, in a real twist on reality, run for the 2004 presidency."

FRAGMENT ACSC.005: General Election Commission Advisory Opinion Number 2003-34 CERTIFIED MAIL December 19, 2003 You assert that the contestants will not be actual candidates and will not be "testing the waters" for a candidacy for public office. Each potential contestant must sign a release that provides that he or she will be automatically disqualified from participation in the American Candidate series if the contestant becomes a candidate or explores an actual candidacy for any public office.

FRAGMENT ACSC.006: [RHETORICAL VERSE / HAIKU SEQUENCE] 2 MARCH 2004 The change in the rules shifts from "present" candidates ... ... to those who will come. But what does it mean to run future candidates through hoops of the past? Documentaries "document" what exists now. Don't make the future. Can RJ Cutler shift modus operandi? Or will "the past" rule? A prophet is one who looks into the present and sees the future. Creating a game ... to simulate the future .... is what this might be.