Nice sentiment but we don't have the right to be heard, just the right to say what we want. If the media doesn't publish it, it's hardly a denial of free speech. Biased, yes.
Ahh, but the Internet is a wonderful thing. No longer do we have to stand on our soap boxes all day long. We can throw up our ideas and have people stumble across them 24 hours a day.
I agree on this issue too:
"everybody has the right to be heard"
No they don't! The Constitution guarantees you the RIGHT TO SPEAK. It does not guarantee you the RIGHT TO BE HEARD.
If the Constitution guaranteed you the right to be HEARD, then you could not get up and walk out of a meeting or a music concert .. you would be forced to stay. And .. there would be only one TV station and one radio station and you would be required to listen to only those stations.
John O'Neill's decorated veterans have the RIGHT TO SPEAK. They are firsthand witnesses to the character of Kerry during the stress of war, and that makes it relevant to the election for President, during a time we are at war.
This is a free speech issue and the Kerry groups need to be called on it.