Kerry Camp Will Ask Feds to Pull Swift Boat Ads!

CNN Crossfire ^ | 8/20/04 | Tucker Carlson

[gopwinsin04]

Tucker Carlson just said that CNN has been notified that the Kerry camp will seek to have the goverment pull the Swift Boat veterans for Truth ads.

[gopwinsin04]

What a bunch of maroons!

[Lunatic Fringe]

Ha!

[Bikers4Bush]

Will they aslo be asking that the ads for moveon.org be pulled?

Thought not.

[Lunatic Fringe]

First he won't go to Florida, now this...

[jbwbubba]

These people have the nerve to call Republicans, Nazis

[firebrand]

running to Mommy

[Wphile]

Unfrickinbelieveable. With all the arrows thrown at President Bush during the last year with book after book after book - all prominently displayed at every single frickin' bookstore - not once did he suggest they shouldn't be sold. Same goes for all the vitriolic ads out by MoveOn.org, ACT, etc.

Kerry is pure scum!

[oblomov]

The Kerry Campaign is demanding censorship?

[faithincowboys]

Shameful!!!

Kerry is gonna realize that Treason isn't Free.

These brave, decent, honorable men have a right to speak. Kerry is an undemocratic goon. He is unfit for command.

[x1stcav]

We can only hope!

They must be in full dudgeon melt-down.

HooAhh!

[Beelzebubba]

"overwhelming evidence that there was coordination with the Bush campaign." -ABC Radio news quoting Kerry complaint.

[WillVoteForFood]

Is he going to both the elections commission and the FCC? I could see a scenario of where they try to make Michael Powell out to be a bad guy if the FCC were to not take action on this matter.

[finnman69]

Just announced this on ABC radio. Bwahaahahahha!

[abnegation]

What he won't sue some POWs? (sarcasm off)

[mlbford2]

Carl Rove just did his first cartwheel in nearly 32yrs.

[itsinthebag]

Just heard this on news too. Kerry camp filing a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission.

[TheBigB]

BWAHAHAHAHA! This is too funny...I hope whoever they speak to (FCC?) says, "Thanks, we'll be sure to get to that *snicker* real soon!"

[Peach]

The DNC is opposed to free speech now?

Last I heard, the National Review found 57 glaring errors in Moore's movie. Did the GOP ask that the ads for that movie be pulled? Absolutely not.

And yet we get tarred as being a party that doesn't believe in free speech.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Just heard this on the radio - formal complaint with the FCC. THIS IS WAR.

[w1andsodidwe]

If the truth hurts, try to hide it. That seems to be the Kerry campaign theme today.

[TomServo]

And I demand Fear-And-Hate 911 be pulled from the theaters.

[gopwinsin04]

The tracking polls were showing major losses in battleground states last night according to CBS because of these ads, Kerry/Shrum/Lockhart have to find a way to stop the bleeding right now..

[Paul Atreides]

Just a preview of the tactics that will be employed if this guy gets into the White House.

[MattGarrett]

[Petronski]

[Warren]

Could't find article.

[DAC21]

I always knew that big old jaw was made of glass

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

They are in panic mode and melting down...these censorship attempts will only make it worse.
Kerry is toast.
(Good).

[Luke21]

ABC's lead story this hour, full of puff and venom, is that the Kerry campaign is DEMANDING that the Swift Boat ads be pulled and fines imposed. The lapdog communists at the press know no shame or hypocrisy too large.

[B Knotts]

There's one reason for this: the ads are working.

[Republic Rocker]

Are you kidding me...! Censorship in AMERICA! hey maybe Moore was right..we live in a police state!

RUN BY THE DNC!

[JennysCool]

He he he he he he! Don't these people have a SINGLE PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL among them? This is the ABSOLUTE WORST thing they could have done. Such idiots.

[FairOpinion]

I think they'll have to repeal the First Amendment.

This is exactly what the First Amendment is for.

[sinkspur]

These people are idiots!

Escalation only draws continued attention. They are REALLY afraid that these swift vets are destroying Kerry's candidacy.

[N. Theknow]

Memo to:Jean Rambeaux Kerri

First rule of septic tanks:

Never stand in an empty tank and say "Bring it On."

[Frank_Discussion]

I feel slightly nauseous at this. They really WILL stop at nothing to get into power. How high will they take the fight, and what will it cost us if they get what they want?

I am truly hoping that this is just their political tin ears driving this foolishness, but they lust too hard for the payoff. The future looks dangerous to my mind's eye.

[darkwing104]

News Flash...The Kerry and the Rats are demanding censorship...Take the SOBs to court. That'll teach'em.

[boxerblues]

Nothing at your link, only the story about the new ad

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

VETS GET TO SPEAK IN THIS COUNTRY, MR. KERRY.

[Petronski]

If true, this is the finest example of an OPERATION FOOTBULLET I have ever seen.

Sweet Lord, they are through the looking glass now.

[AmericanVictory]

Since when has it been unusual for redistributionist Democrats to ask the government for assistance in suppressing the truth?

[Robert_Paulson2]

Proof positive that it is impacting their internal poll numbers.

America is flushing the toilet.

Let the lawsuits begin.
Kerry is a self-identified traitor and war criminal.

America hears him, LOUD and CLEAR.

[sionnsar]

The DNC is opposed to free speech now?

Oh no. They support free speech. As long as it meets with their approval.

Totalitarians...

[Cogadh na Sith]

Oooh.... And F9/11 will continue to play? and the Move-on ads will continue? Or will all those be ended now?

This could become a hotspot in the otherwise Cold Civil War in this country....

[CWW]

THIS IS GREAT!!!

Obviously the Kerry Camp has numbers showing that they are getting hammered. Wait until they see the new ad.

The FEC will never pull these ads. It would take months just to investigate it, and no court is going to issue a prior restraint order.

Finally, all Kerry is doing is drawing more press and attention to the issue. Great -- three words Senator -- BRING IT ON!!

[NavySEAL F-16]

I'd bet my last dollar that John O'Neill is prepared for this.

[Ken K]

Doesn't Kerry believe that truth always triumphs? If the Swift Boat Ads are false, he shouldn't worry and just prove them wrong. On the other hand, if they are truthful, he cannot prove them wrong and needs to have them pulled. Oops, his slip is showing.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I just heard this on an ABC newsbreak on the radio. It's true.

[AmericanInTokyo]

ABC News top story.

Just now.

Big FEC lawsuit by Kerry, to a) demand the ads be pulled; b) SwiftBoatees have to return all of their "ILLEGAL" contributions; c) request maximum FEC fine against the Veterans.

Hardball.

Here that, Freepers? All of you who sent money to the SwiftBoaters are engaged in activities Kerry considers "illegal". When does he send out some brownshirts to spraypaint some offices and break some window glass?? Like, "Seig Heil, man". Sheesh.

Not a word in the claim by Kerry about them being valid charges, just an effort to SILENCE.

Also, the media has been silent on the Swift Boat book, then they break the story as if everyone in America already knows what they are talking about, and make it look like the Swiftee's are the ones in trouble. This means real war, I'll tell you.

[Spok]

Now we'll find out if there are any Clinton holdovers in the FCC.
Seriously, the fact that Kerry is even trying to censor political speech is a major red flag. To even suggest that the government should regulate the content of political speech is unheard of. This is a major story in and of itself (which will continue to be ignored by the media).