Posted on 08/21/2004 1:12:24 AM PDT by kattracks
I wonder if the author of this piece thinks Bush should have had the Swiftees arrested for exercising their first amendment rights.
"Come to think of it, political candidates should live by the following standard: If you're not willing to say something yourself, don't let anyone else say it for you".
This entire "dribble” is pure tripe, but this passage stands out shouting, "Even I can't believe I wrote this line"!
klintoon destroyed this standard, then borrowed a chipper/shredder from Saddam, and minced the pieces that were left.
LLS
BTW when will Teresa release her complete tax returns. The "mainstream" media seems to have forgotten this little matter.
An important point. The NYT's has not done a relationship study of the 527's that are "supporting" Kerry. The same type of analysis, if properly done, would be even more incriminating.
If the Kerry campaign is advocating empowering the FEC to do "fishing expeditions" on 527's they might not like the final result.
As the old saying goes "People who live in glass houses..."
Yep. They want only liberal 527's to have a monopoly. Free speech for right-wingers be damned.
Isn't that wonderful that President Bush is a President not a Tyrant like Hanoi john wants to be and is. President Bush has to win and I'm voting for him to help all I can and telling others to do the same.
Tyranny.
No one may speak unless with a government permit.
You peons, you slime of the dunghill -- SILENCE!
Only the brazen may run for office.
The second Bush might do anything to stop or hush the Vets, the new headlines will be:
Bush Crushes Freedom of Speech!
Bush Silences Viet Nam Vets!
Bush Wages War on Military!
When are these folks going to admit that it is illegal for GWB to say anything about the Swift Boat Vets ads?
It's just disgusting. The left has been ecstatic about Moveon, M. Moore, etc. Now they have their collective panties in a bind because an independent group has dared to say something negative against their campaign to 'retake America'.
Little children. That's all I see of the left. They've been on a four year temper tantrum, kicking and screaming.
Yes. The Left lives to box people in and shout them down.
I never knew that.. thanks!
Kerry is beneath Benedict Arnold!
Kerry is beneath Benedict Arnold!
See how easy it is to just point a finger without any evidence? Maybe I should run for President.
That is a very clever observation. I would love to see it used when hostile commie "journalists" grill people over the SBVT ads.
http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html
BUSH STANDS UP FOR FREE SPEECH ..... NOT!
"I don't think we should have any 527s." The words of George Bush.
Wrong.
There should be absolutely no restrictions whatsoever on any group, political, religious, social .. whatever .. pooling their resources to let other people know how they feel on a political issue and encouraging others to support or join them. It's all in keeping with a pesky little thing called freedom of speech. Any government that restricts the ability of any group of people to express their political desires and concerns in whatever forum is available to them is not a government that can claim to protect free speech.
Nowhere is freedom of speech more important than in the political arena. This is where Americans left and right express their views, their concerns and their preferences on matters that will affect their lives and the lives of their children years into the future. Political ads are merely the expressions of the political thoughts and attitudes of one or a group of Americans. There should be no federal law of any nature whatsoever which prevents the American people from voicing their views on political issues, or any other issues. The McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law that Bush signed is an obscenity .. and when the Supreme Court upheld that law it was a clear signal to the American people that the cherished concept of freedom of speech was on its way out.
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Boortz has a good point here. Bush should be encouraging these swiftboat vets to tell their side of the story rather than hiding behind federal law to condemn them.
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