[jojodamofo]

>>> Democrats must be terrified. Otherwise they wouldn't care so much if the ad were obviously untrue.

That's a good spin for this -- but honestly, imagine if some lib group put out ads claiming that the President had lynched some black when he was supposed to be at National Guard duty. Even though it is obviously untrue, you better believe that the President and his lawyers would care and would jump all over anyone who tried to broadcast it.

[Callahan]

No need for analogy. Bush has already been accused of collaborating with the Saudi government to arrange 9/11 in a friggin' wide-release film. His lawyer's didn't sue the theaters because they knew the "censorship" cries would blow back in his face. The Dems obviously decided they needed to batten down the hatches.

[CasearianDaoist]

No, that is a false anology. That would actaully be slander. The point here is they are not going after the authors of the ad but rather trying to limit its distibution. This is just a fig leaf for leftist media outlets. It gives them an excuse not to run the ad. IT will be interesting to see were the ad does run if indeed it runs at all. Let's see how the Swift boat vets respond.

[federal]

That's a good spin for this -- but honestly, imagine if some lib group put out ads claiming that the President had lynched some black when he was supposed to be at National Guard duty. Even though it is obviously untrue

I'm sure these guys are convinced what they are saying is true and since John Kerry won't release the parts of his service record which show who recommended him for his metals and the circumstances surrouding them I assume they are true.

Instead of threatening people sKerry could release his entire service record just as President Bush has.

[xkaydet65]

In 2000 they tried to blame him for the racist and vicious murder of a black man in Texas. Even if the blame was indirect the purpose of the ad was to blame Bush.

[TheBattman]

IF someone on EITHER side were to try to run ads with blatant lies, then they deserve to be shut down -

Truth is fair game!

[Brandon]

That's a good spin for this -- but honestly, imagine if some lib group put out ads claiming that the President had lynched some black when he was supposed to be at National Guard duty. Even though it is obviously untrue, you better believe that the President and his lawyers would care and would jump all over anyone who tried to broadcast it.

President Bush has been accused of:

-- Knowing in advance about the 9/11 attacks
-- Lying to the American people about the threat from Iraq
-- Being AWOL from his National Guard service

That's off the top of my head. No lawsuits so far.

[Hatteras]

"...but honestly, imagine if some lib group put out ads claiming that the President had lynched some black when he was supposed to be at National Guard duty. Even though it is obviously untrue, you better believe that the President and his lawyers would care and would jump all over anyone who tried to broadcast it."

There in lies the problem. If it is untrue, I would have expected John Kerry to respond to it yesterday in one of the many campaign speeches he gave. Forget McCain and the DNC lawyers, I want to hear John Kerry's personal response to his former fellow officers.