Missouri voter sues over McCain campaign “hate speech”

Reuters ^ | 10\17\08 | Carey Gillam

[markedmannerf]

KANSAS CITY - Missouri voter Mary Kay Green has had enough.

The supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama filed a lawsuit this week over what she claims is dangerous “hate speech” coming from the rival campaign of Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

Green, a 66-year-old grandmother and “semi-retired” civil rights attorney, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Kansas City this week accusing McCain, his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and their campaign manager Rick Davis of “intentionally, recklessly and irresponsibly” portraying Obama “as un-American, a terrorist by association, and ‘not like us,’ a non-white individual.”

Palin, Green alleges in her lawsuit, has at her rallies used false statements to work supporters “into a frenzy causing them to make death threats” against Obama.

[scottinoc]

Meet Obama’s AG

[xcamel]

Anyone who ever wonders where “surplus campaign funds” go...

[wac3rd]

I guess the Bill Ayers interview is out...so is Odinga’s...

[HappyinAZ]

Hey! “if the shoe fits....wear it”

[kingattax]

the RATS aren’t far from being in full desperation mode.

[pillut48]

Missouri voter Mary Kay Green has had enough. Apparently, NOT enough--meds, that is! ;-) This is a joke, right? The Onion?

[shankbear]

99% of all lawyers give all the rest a bad name. This retired hack needs to go back to chasing ambulances. Get back on your meds at least.

[Paladin2]

0be's "‘not like us,’"

Yup, he's a 'rat.

[BallyBill]

Yea, it is ALL about you mammy.

[wny]

idiot

[wac3rd]

Old Liberals never die, they just have Woodstock flashbacks and file frivoulous lawsuits.

...and when a real lawsuit like Ohio voter fraud get to the Supreme Court, they throw it away on a “technicality”...

I have entered “Oz”

[Madeleine Ward]

First, she’s being put up for this.

Second, do the Moonbats REALLY want to start down this road that political speech is hate speech?

‘Cuz, we got some suit we could file, too.

[basil]

Anybody can sue anybody at any time--if they can find a lawyer to file the case, that is.

Let them sue away---no skin off of our teeth!

[devere]

Can we get a jury to rule before election day? The truth will out.

[Khepri]

Interesting on the heels on the 9th circuits ruling that it is OK to outright LIE during a campaign....:/

This is going nowhere, it’s a stunt at best, double standard at worst.

[Cementjungle]

portraying Obama “as un-American, a terrorist by association, and ‘not like us,’ a non-white individual.”

So which part of this is supposed to be untrue?

[Anti-Bubba182]

Mary Kay Green

[FlingWingFlyer]

This gives me an idea! I’m going to talk to my lawyer about bringing a lawsuit against the Obamanoids and their Obamedia for calling me a racist only because I’m voting for McCain/Palin. Thanks Grandma!

[pillut48]

Now *that* SCOTUS decision WILL cause a boatload of court cases relating to election fraud when the election’s over!! Can you say 2000 Redux?!

[Paladin2]

"prays that they cease and desist their reprehensible campaigning"

I'd say that what she wishes will come to pass in a few weeks. Patience is a virtue that lawyers are quite familiar with (as long as the billable hours clock is ticking).

[Harry Wurzbach]

Amusing, considering it comes from the supporter of a candidate who urged his followers to ‘get in their faces’ and ‘argue.’

Why is it that left-liberals seem like they are permanently stuck in high school? Yeah, it’d be great if the world could sing together in perfect harmony. But that don’t pay the bills.

[Gaffer]

Hate speech and specious lawsuits are only the beginning. I listened to Hannity's 1 hour of Obama supporters and I am convinced this country has passed a point. These people weren't your average minorities and nor were they all from the same social group (at least by the way they spoke). The common theme among the 'elites' who think they are educated is plain all out socialism to outright communism with a little marxist tinge to boot. The common theme to the 'average americans' was plain old greed and a deep sense of entitlement and desire to rob the rich for themselves.

I just don't see how we can recover from this. These people are still breeding, teaching and breathing.

[Paladin2]

"prays that they cease and desist their reprehensible campaigning"

I'd say that what she wishes will come to pass in a few weeks. Patience is a virtue that lawyers are quite familiar with (as long as the billable hours clock is ticking).

[claymax]

A washed up has been winch. WHy am I even bothering typing this much about her?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Thanks for that link! She appears to be your typical Commie skank! I can see why she wants to sue McCain/Palin.

[socal_parrot]

She’s selling a book I see.

[Heartland Mom]

She has no standing to bring such a frivolous suit. Plus, even if Bambi was the one whining, truth is a defense.

[C210N]

portraying Obama “as un-American, a terrorist by association, and ‘not like us,’ a non-white individual.”

So which part of this is supposed to be untrue?

The "non-white individual" part is untrue. 0' is 50% white, and 45% Arab-African (ie: Slave trade sellers)

[Tax Government]

This lady is either a moron, or is abusing the judicial process.

[CommerceComet]

Second, do the Moonbats REALLY want to start down this road that political speech is hate speech?

If this attorney would review her notes about the 1st Amendment, she will see that the one type of speech that is absolutely, undisputedly included is POLITICAL speech.

[Wonderama Mama]

She reminds me of Maude.

[Pontiac]

the RATS aren’t far from being in full desperation mode.

This is business as usual for the hard left.

Continuous and unrelenting judicial harassment from all quarters is an old and well mapped battle strategy for the left.

What is sad is that the judges permit it to go on. This kind of harassment should be tossed out the day it is placed on the judges desk and the filing lawyer should be fined.

[piytar]

This Obamabot needs to be hit with Rule 11 sanctions at the least...

[Right Cal Gal]

If Granny Hippy wants to see real hate speech, I direct her to DailyKos, DU or HuffPo to read any of the comments emanating from her side of the aisle whenever the death or illness of a conservative is announced.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Green, a 66-year-old grandmother and “semi-retarded” civil rights attorney,”

[piytar]

Hmm, the Obamabot ditz has a book. Who wants to be that she’s just going for her 15 minutes of fame to boost book sales?

[Candor7]

Sounds like Green has been consulting with Obama's CAIR lawyers. Hate speech? Hardly. Its 1st amendment speech.This suit is similar to the Human Rights tribunal claims brought against Mark Steyn in Canada.

[TaxRelief]

I really am scared about the hateful way Obama speaks about people making over $250K. I think he is inciting people to hate them. I was called a very nasty racist/sexist name by a large black man in the grocery store yesterday because I did not steer my cart out of his way fast enough.

I blame Obama, because I am sure this man wouldn’t have done this before Obama told him that rich white people should give away their money.

(I speak sardonically, but this actually did happen.)

[Cementjungle]

The "non-white individual" part is untrue. 0' is 50% white, and 45% Arab-African (ie: Slave trade sellers)

OK, so he's semi-white.

[noob4palin]

Do the defendants get to subpoena Ayers and his wife?

[Will88]

“filed a lawsuit this week over what she claims is dangerous “hate speech” coming from the rival campaign of Republican presidential nominee John McCain.”

This woman is certifiable. How many times has Bush been called Hitler, and any and all Republicans Nazis? It’s just standard leftist babble that rolls off their tongues effortlessly. If we start listing all the instances of those on the left and right engaging in some name calling, the leftists are going to score a decisive victory.

[kingattax]

youre absolutely correct

[VR-21]

Dear God please give us Loser Pays rules for lawsuits!

[buccaneer81]

A divorce lawyer. What a surprise. /sarc

[Harry Wurzbach]

Hate speech and specious lawsuits are only the beginning. I listened to Hannity's 1 hour of Obama supporters and I am convinced this country has passed a point. These people weren't your average minorities and nor were they all from the same social group (at least by the way they spoke). The common theme among the 'elites' who think they are educated is plain all out socialism to outright communism with a little marxist tinge to boot. The common theme to the 'average americans' was plain old greed and a deep sense of entitlement and desire to rob the rich for themselves.

I just don't see how we can recover from this. These people are still breeding, teaching and breathing.

Well, they are ceasing to breed that much, be it that their careers and disdain for family life prompt a low birth rate, not to mention that lack of morality when it comes to abortion. The teaching is a bit of a concern, especially when someone like Ayers can be considered to be a preeminent professor of education. I mean, seriously, that has to be a joke.

What's going to kill these new Marxists is that their system cannot provide the wealth, opportunity, and products and services to win over America. I mean, it's easy to be a socialist when you can make all the money you want, enjoy all the cool new gadgets, clothes, clubs, etc...but it's quite another when the state is taking your money and you're forced to eat government cheese and surf on a machine with green on black graphics only. OK, maybe that's in the past, but still, life under Marxist governments sucks.

I think, if the Dems do take the White House and increase their gains in Congress, that they will suffer massive congressional losses in 2010 and you won't be able to find anyone who voted for Obama by then. They won't be able to control themselves. Hell, the Congress is already talking about spending $300 billion more right after this election.

Some may vote for Obama because they fall for his centrist sounding rhetoric today. But once they realize they've been had the response will be swift and deadly. They will relearn the less of William Jefferson Clinton's first two years in office when he sought to socialize our health care industry. I only pray that the GOP can put together an appropriate movement to take back the Congress in 2010. It's only a matter of time until Congress has a 0% approval rating.

[johnny7]

Mary Kay Green, JD, is an attorney who — from her senior year in law school — has handled civil rights cases. She has been licensed to practice law in Nebraska since September 13, 1977, and for most of her years, practiced family law and personal injury law as well. Ms. Green was the principal attorney in Crystal Chambers v. Omaha Girls Club et al. featured in this book. She served on the Omaha City Council from June 1977 through May 1981.

In addition to this book, Ms. Green has written a screenplay, They Let Mothers in Law School?, about her three years in law school, and is currently working on a book entitled Sundance and Cherokee Moon: A Book about Robert Redford, Movies, Miracles, and Mania. And she is writing a screenplay Crystal Chambers a New Rosa Parks.

Ms. Green is the never-married mother of twin daughters Mary Kay and Elizabeth; and she is grandmother of Michael, and Ms. Phelan. She graduated from Creighton University with a BA and from Creighton University Law School. She now resides in Kansas City, Missouri, to be near her children and grandchildren.

An old moonbat

[buccaneer81]

Ms. Green is the never-married mother of twin daughters Mary Kay and Elizabeth;

I can understand the never-married part. No doubt conceived her kids with a kitchen implement.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Is this an “either/or” question?

This is what is coming. Trust me, I've seen it with my own eyes and lived it. What can I say, tread carefully Freepers.

[webheart]

Anybody can sue anybody at any time--if they can find a lawyer to file the case, that is.

Exactly. The only difference between this and any other frivilous suit is that Reuters is running a story around it. The news story is premised on the fact that some woman has had enough of Republican hate speech, and is now suing to stop it. Between the lawsuit and the story of the lawsuit, it is implied that the Republican campaign is racist, and there is no way to rebut that conclusion, because only one side of the story is being told.

It will only get worse. George Bush had eight years to do anything at all about the democrats, but he chose to appease them, and McCain will be only marginally different. I see him as redeeming himself for his weaknesses by leaving us with Sarah Palin. I can almost forgive him now.

However, ACORN is a bigger threat to elections than political money ever was, and there needs to be a major effort to reforming the conduct of our elections, or we will be in real big trouble 20 years from now. That's if there still is a USA. One good way to make sure that we never have to pay the trillions upon trillions that Social Security will cost is to dissolve the USA.