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August 26, 2004
Remember the First Amendment?
The "conservative," "strict constructionist" president strikes again!
President Bush wants to work with Sen. John McCain to take legal action against "shadowy" outside groups that have been spending millions of dollars on ads criticizing the president and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry, the White House said Thursday.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush called the GOP senator from Arizona on Thursday morning and said that, if legal action does not work, he wants to pursue legislative action against the groups.
So much for freedom of speech! Of course, Bush is happy that the Swift Boat Veterans ads are running, but he doesn't much care for the MoveOn.org and other Democrat ads out there (which, at least in terms of funding, dwarf the Republican ads). Kerry will be happy to go along with this because the Swift Boat ads are hurting him. Both candidates like shutting down any and all speech that they can't control.
I'm so glad those soldiers in Iraq are fighting for our freedom to criticize the war (as the war backers incessantly remind us).
Posted by Mike Tennant at August 26, 2004 01:25 PM