<-- "it's a baby!!!"I looked around a bit, but didn’t find an exact quote of the comment in question.
Whoever "almostinnocent" is, she or he posted the comment, "Is that the missing $10,000 from Kootenai County Central Committee funds actually stuffed inside Tina's blouse??? Let's not try to find out."
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2012/06/identities_of_commenters_at_he.php
Let’s hope these types of politicians never turn their attention to FR, plenty of us have said a lot worse on here....
1) She’s a public figure, and
2) Political speech is the most protected class of free speech.
In this case, the assumption must be that she has political power, and those that libeled her do not. While this does not assert that she would use her political power against these persons, it does mean that there must be a very high bar for libel when speech is critical about actions in office, even if those actions are unrelated to their job and have no basis in fact.
<-- "it's a baby!!!"Oh goody, the congress will get to create ‘internet courts’ soon.
Yes, requiring people to travel long distances to physically defend statements made on the internet is a real and very severe infringement of the First Amendment.
So congress critters get to appoint their and their donors bum in-laws and other ne’er do wells to the judiciary to try the cases electronically- in the venue where they occured.
Take Back Idaho's 1st Congressional District, Otter for Idaho, I AM THE TEA PARTY!, Rush Limbaugh, Labrador for Idaho, Keep Idaho Red
http://www.facebook.com/tina.jacobson.505
(emphasis mine)
This is very scary. We get closer to becoming the Soviet Union or Communist China with each passing day.
What are the chances if the commenter works for ABC?
What are the chances the commenter works for ABC?