Whiny Warrior: Kerry seeks to silence SwiftVets!

Kerry takes legal action against Vietnam critics

FORT MYERS, United States (AFP) - Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry (news - web sites)'s campaign formally alleged that a group attacking his Vietnam war record had illegal ties to US President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s reelection bid.

In a statement released to reporters, Kerry's campaign announced it had "filed a legal complaint against Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT) before the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) (FEC) for violating the law with inaccurate ads that are illegally coordinated with the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign."

The move by the Kerry campaign came shortly after the Swift Boat group released a second ad attacking the Democratic presidential candidate, who was wounded three times while serving on a Swift Boat in Vietnam and decorated twice for valor.

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he New York Times on Friday reported that there is a "web of connections" between the Swift Boat group and the "Bush family, high-profile Texas political figures and President Bush (news - web sites)'s chief political aide, Karl Rove."

Now we know what he meant by "bring it on" -- "it" is censorship -- a word that is too often used inaccurately but is precisely what he's asking for: government suppression of political speech (Thanks McCain and Feingold)! And they call us Nazis!

I could trace a "web of connections" from any Entity A to any other Entity B, particularly within the same state ... big whoop. Perhaps even from Kerry to someone who's had a real job! Has the "Times" work equally assiduously to find a Kerry==MoveOn.org (the double "=" is intentional -- you programmers know that!) nexus?! Yeah, and Paul Krugman wants Donald Luskin to get a tax cut! ;)

Amazing! What's that old bromide? If you can't argue the facts, argue the law?