That is legal horsepuckey. They are trying to intimidate the radio stations.
If there was really a defamation or libel issue, the would get an injunction from a judge to cease and desist.
I bet the Swifties would welcome the lawsuit! How is Kerry's memory, and hidden records, more superior to 200 of his contemporiaries.
Typical of Kerry and Edwards to resort to lawsuits rather than actually refuting each charge with facts!
This would not work. It's virtually impossible to get a preliminary injunction to prevent alleged defamation even in commercial speech cases, much less a case involving political speech. An injunctive remedy would not be available. I wonder whether these threatened lawsuits would even be based on defamation. If so, then any media outlet would laugh them off - they all have top notch defamation/1st amendment attorneys on retainer and they know a successful defamation case would be impossible. No, I wonder if these cases are somehow based on the CFR statutes or some other type of technicality.
"Typical of Kerry and Edwards to resort to lawsuits rather than actually refuting each charge with facts!"
While we are on the subject, time for tort reform!
Any real journalist will ask him "Here is charge number one. Specifically, is the doctor who treated you lieing about your injury? Charge number two..."
Maybe those questions will be asked rhetorically on Fox News, but you can bet he won't put himself in a position to have to answer directly. Sad that with all our billion dollar media we can't get simple questions asked and answered in a presidential election.
Where's Susan Sarandon's wife, Tim Robbins, and his complaining about the "chill wind blowing across this land"?