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Storm Troopers vs. Cindy Sheehan: The Left’s authentic nonsense
National Review Online ^ | August 16, 2005 | Johan Goldberg

Posted on 08/16/2005 7:45:14 AM PDT by Quilla

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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
Don't Question the Left! The great irony is that the people who resort to such "arguments" (they're really just insults) are the ones questioning free-speech rights, because they are suggesting the criticism was inappropriate and, in some vague and stupid way, unconstitutional. Right?

Cindy Sheehan's freedom of speech ends when she accuses the President of criminal conduct and killing her son. Such comments are not only bordering on libelous, but ARE libelous and slanderous.

In Milkovich V, Lorain Journal (1990) the Supreme Court in an opinion written by Justice Rehnquist ruled, “that the First Amendment does not automatically shield expressions of opinion from being found libelous” LINK

21 posted on 08/16/2005 3:11:36 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul
Interesting.

Thanks for the link!

:)

22 posted on 08/16/2005 4:15:05 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("I'm okay with being unimpressive. It helps me sleep better.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

Many thanks for the ping! This is a really funny article, which gets the point across in a novel way.


23 posted on 08/16/2005 5:23:19 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Goldberg always has a unique take on the issues of the day.

Plus, he occasionally has pics of his dog, Cosmo.

:)

24 posted on 08/16/2005 5:56:05 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("I'm okay with being unimpressive. It helps me sleep better.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

I always love to read his columns, but they don't get posted to FR as much as they once were.


25 posted on 08/16/2005 6:18:24 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Yeah, I've noticed that too.
26 posted on 08/16/2005 6:37:56 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("I'm okay with being unimpressive. It helps me sleep better.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
I wonder why.

Maybe you should post them, from now on. :-)

27 posted on 08/16/2005 6:50:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Naah.

The moderators don't take too kindly to the articles I post.

:7)

-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)

28 posted on 08/16/2005 7:30:05 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("I'm okay with being unimpressive. It helps me sleep better.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

Oh well...it was just a thought. :-)


29 posted on 08/16/2005 7:45:22 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
I appreciate it.

;)

30 posted on 08/16/2005 8:44:48 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("I'm okay with being unimpressive. It helps me sleep better.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
OK, here is a better explanation:

Called “libel by omission” or “libel by implication,” cases like Mohr’s received their biggest boost in 1990, when the U.S. Supreme Court held in Milkovich v. Lorain Journal that a newspaper columnist could be liable for implying that a witness lied in a judicial proceeding. Rejecting the newspaper’s argument that expressions of opinion never could be the basis for a libel suit, the court held that the “dispositive question” is whether a reasonable factfinder could conclude that statements in the article implied a verifiably false statement of fact about the plaintiff. If so, the court said, the First Amendment would not protect the article from a libel action.Link

31 posted on 08/16/2005 9:02:03 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

My pleasure! :-)


32 posted on 08/16/2005 9:02:10 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
This Sheehan woman on the other hand...well, she's just plain batsh*t.

And, she doesn't fit the part. Somebody seriously needs to tell her she's not as cute as she tries to talk. Lose the 15 yr old valley character, Cindee.

33 posted on 08/16/2005 9:10:47 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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..is to start an on-line petition to get Cindy Sheehan to run for the US Senate in 2006 in the Dem primary

The Democrats in Minnesota are ahead of you.

Minnesota State Senator (DFL) Rebecca Loury, who lost a son in Iraq will be joining Cindee.

Also joining Cindee will be the FBI 9/11 whistleblower and hipster, Colleen Rowley who is running for Minnesota Senator. I'm almost expecting everyone to start wearing beads and flowers in their hair.

34 posted on 08/16/2005 9:25:43 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Lijahsbubbe
You noticed that too!?

She looks like Peggy Seeger and sounds like a character from an episode of Sweet Valley High.

The incongruity is startling.

No wonder her husband wants a divorce from that loon.

35 posted on 08/16/2005 9:36:29 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("I'm okay with being unimpressive. It helps me sleep better.")
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To: Victoria Delsoul
Cool.

Thanks for the clarification.

The case itself sounds very familiar.

36 posted on 08/16/2005 9:38:16 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("I'm okay with being unimpressive. It helps me sleep better.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

Happy to help.


37 posted on 08/16/2005 9:40:23 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

And the MSM is trying to convince us that she's a likeable and sympathetic figure.

But they tried that with John Kerry too and even his own voting block couldn't stand him, LOL.


38 posted on 08/16/2005 9:54:25 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Victoria Delsoul
Much appreciated.

:)

39 posted on 08/16/2005 10:53:42 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("I'm okay with being unimpressive. It helps me sleep better.")
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