1.   All we could do were generic ads.

2.   As a generic party ad, it cannot mention a specific candidate.

3.   Earlier generic ads showcased controversial celebrities Anita Bryant and Rush Limbaugh and prompted boycotts.

4.   Federal rules limit such ad campaigns to generic party ads, but Federal Election Commission auditors have said the ads directly supported the Clinton-Gore campaign.

5.   Instead of generic ads on hog farming, it decided to target a half-dozen legislators, including Watson, with negative spots.

6.   The generic ads in the campaign were virtually nonexistent.

7.   Federal and state regulators run dozens of generic ad programs worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

8.   Ginsburg said requiring companies to pay for generic ads is not the same as preventing them from running their own ads.

9.   In other words, the generic ads should not trigger a free-speech argument under the First Amendment, the court said then.

10.   Producers pay into a common pool, which is then used to orchestrate generic ads.