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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Democratic Party has filed a formal complaint over a large broadcast chain's plans to air a documentary highly critical of presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) just before the election, party officials said. A letter to the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) (FEC) said the plans by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which reaches a quarter of US households, amounted to an unlawful and "brazen attempt" to influence the November 2 ballot. The documentary, "Stolen Honour: Wounds That Never Heal," harshly criticizes Kerry's appearance before Congress in 1971, when he returned from Vietnam...

Democrats in a race for a state House seat in District 82, are circulating a flyer that shows a retarded child with President Bush’s face running in a track race. The headline says: “Voting for Bush Is Like Running In The Special Olympics: Even If You Win, You’re Still Retarded.” The flyer is being distributed by Democrat Craig Fitzhugh. His opponent, Dave Dahl has issued a call to Fitzhugh to stop distributing the flyer. According to Dahl, “Hard-ball politics is one thing and everyone expects tough battles, but using those who are born with mental disabilities for political fodder is...