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We’ll get back to John Edwards’ extraordinary comment about how the Kerry/Edwards ticket will cause cripples to walk and raise the dead. We begin, however, with one of the more extraordinary remarks by the ticket’s minions who now blanket the nation and infest the airways. This week on Linda Vester’s “Dayside” program on Fox, I saw an incredible burst of honesty by Chad Clanton, Deputy Director of Communications for the Kerry Campaign. The subject was the proposed broadcast on the 62 stations of the Sinclair Broadcast Group of “Stolen Honor,” a documentary which focuses on the reaction of veterans and...

To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, 202-464-2800, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004 WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the Kerry campaign issued a letter to Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., in regards to their plans to air an anti-Kerry documentary. Text of the letter follows. --- October 15, 2004 David D. Smith President and CEO Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. 10706 Beaver Dam Road Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030 Re: "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" Dear Mr. Smith: I am writing on behalf of Senator John Kerry and Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc. Press reports indicate that the stations...

Linda Vester is currentlly interviewing Chad Clanton, described as a 'senior Kerry campaign advisor.' Discussing the plans of the Sinclair broadcasting group to air "Stolen Honor," the documentary about Kerry's Vietnam war service, Clanton stated: "They [Sinclair] better hope that we're not elected." Vester immediately asked if that was intended as a threat to Sinclair that a Kerry administration would not renew their broadcast licenses. Clanton tried to back off, but the threat was unmistakable. These people are thugs.

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Chad Clanton, a spokesman for the Kerry campaign appeared on a Fox News program Tuesday and suggested that the Sinclair Broadcasting Group might regret airing a documentary that focuses on the Democratic candidate's antiwar activities. He announced that pro-Kerry activists were organizing to protest the network. "We've got thousands of people now very mad jackballed up calling these stations, protesting, threatening boycotts of their sponsors," Clanton said. As reported Tuesday by Talon News, Sinclair is set to air "Stolen Honor," a documentary about John Kerry's protests against the Vietnam War and how his 1971 testimony before...

...Terry McAuliffe called the program "an illegal in-kind contribution" to the Bush campaign and said the Democratic National Committee is filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. Over at the FCC, Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps interrupted his Columbus Day holiday to dub the broadcast "an abuse of the public trust." More ominously, Kerry adviser Chad Clanton told Fox News yesterday that "I think they (Sinclair) are going to regret doing this, and they better hope we don't win." ...It wasn't the intention of the Founders to give elected officials veto power over press reports.... The excuse for such broadcast...

Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004 5:24 p.m. EDT Kerry Campaign: Sinclair 'Better Hope We Don't Win' If John Kerry wins the presidential election three weeks from today, the Sinclair television network had better watch out, a Kerry campaign press aide warned on Tuesday. "Listen - they better look out there at Sinclair Broadcasting," campaign spokesman Chad Clanton threatened, as the controversy around Sinclair's decision to broadcast a documentary about Kerry's anti-Vietnam War protests continued to heat up. "I'm not a lawyer, but they've stirred up a lot of hatred," Clanton continued to rail on Fox News Channel's "Dayside with Linda Vester."...

If John Kerry wins the presidential election three weeks from today, the Sinclair television network better watch out, a Kerry campaign press aide warned on Tuesday. "Listen - they better look out there at Sinclair Broadcasting," campaign spokesman Chad Clanton threatened, as the controversy around Sinclair's decision to broadcast a documentary about Kerry's anti-Vietnam war protests continued to heat up. "I'm not a lawyer, but they've stirred up a lot of hatred," Clanton continued to rail on Fox News Channel's "Dayside with Linda Vester." "We've got thousands of people now very mad, jackballed up - calling these [Sinclair] stations, protesting,...

Apparently former Vermont governor and failed presidential candidate Howard Dean didn't get the memo about toning down the hate speech during the Democratic National Convention, or perhaps that only applies to speakers on the podium. Mr. Dean, during a "Take Back America" event Tuesday, accused the Bush administration of being "book burners," in an apparent effort to compare Republicans to Nazis.