[a fool in paradise]

People should be able to sue politicians for libel and defamation of character.

Barry Goldwater won such a lawsuit based on character attacks in the 1964 scampaign of hate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwater_v._Ginzburg

[lentulusgracchus]

Keep in mind, that was about nine years before the selfsame APA was politically rolled and its leading lights mugged by the homosexual cabal, who went on to specialize in character assassination of conservatives who spoke up against their activities. E. E. g. Judith Reisner(sp.) and Paul Cameron.