It's being reported that the Kerry campaign is going to petition the FEC to pull the Swift Boat ads.

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The truth? You can't handle the truth.
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This bespeaks desperation. And these folks call Republicans Nazis.

I wonder what their grounds for this egregious violation of the First Amendment will be?

I believe the theory is that if the Swift Boat Vets are "coordinating" with the Bush campaign, then it's a violation of campaign-finance law.

If that's the theory that they're using, maybe the FEC ought to look at moveon.org, Michael Moore and George Soros. I'm sure thogh that they are totally pure in heart. Kerry, et al can dish it out, but sure can handle it when someone challenges them...

How in the world would they prove that, without shutting down their own 527s, which are much more coordinated than the Swift Boats Vets. They're actuall demanding that the campaign coordinate with them by telling Bush to have the ads removed. The logical contortions that these people go through is truly amazing.

Well, here's what MSNBC has to say about it:

Kerry says Bush broke the law in TV Ad Dispute"

This is a section 527 group - MSNBC notes some specific limits here:

Can Kerry make a case that Bush broke the law?

Basically, to be legal, Bush can't be working with them. From what I've heard so far (some Republicans that contributed to Bush also {shock, horror!} contributed to a group that comes out against Kerry) there's no way to make a connection. At the same time, there are accusations that the Kerry campaign has also had collusion with 527 groups.

These are all political tactics. I'm tired of the Vietnam issue, and I expect this type of silliness from politicians. The one thing that did annoy me was the New York Times editorial conveniently copied on the front page of our local rag.

Hey folks, help me out here. Has the President said anything about Moore or Soros or MoveOn? I mean personally, not surrogates. I can't find anything and don't I remember him saying anything. Which, if true, says a lot about Kerry and the Democrats who are good at spreading it around but don't like it all gathered up.

"Methinks thou doest protest too much!!"

Bill, you're right. Pres. Bush hasn't said anything at all about Soros, Moveon, Moore, or any of the other folks that have written such hateful things about him. Nor has he asked a publisher or bookstore to violate the 1st Amendment the way Kerry did today. that has to be one of the stupidest, most petty things the man has done so far. And this is the man the Dems thought was their best hope to win the WH???