Continuing the relentless drumbeat...

Kerry Urges Bush to Demand Attacks Stop

Associated Press -- "Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) on Saturday night urged President Bush (news - web sites) to "stand up and stop" what he called personal attacks on him over his combat record in Vietnam."

"This is a moment of truth for George W. Bush," Edwards said at a Democratic rally. "We're going to see what kind of man he is and what kind of leader he is. ... We want to hear three words: Stop these ads."

Oh shut the hell up you two crybabies. This is an election, that lovely biannual (or quadrennial as the case may be) time when all sorts of mud gets slung. If you can't take it, quit.

Now that that's out of the way let's move on to a couple problems I have with this whole mess. Firstly, since friggin' when is the right to free speech a leftist-only bit of freedom? I didn't see the Two-Johns getting their collective knickers in a twist over Move-On.org's nigh-constant stream of personal and misleading attacks against the President. Not only did I not see them distancing themselves from that utter load of propagandic crap shoveled out by Michael Moore. Hell, they did the exact opposite... embracing the documentarian hack, giving him a place of honor next to former President Carter at their convention. Do I even need to bring up the "heart and soul of America" that was on display in NYC recently?

Frankly, I'd love to not see all these stupid ads, but I for one feel the government has absolutely no business getting itself involved in regulating free speech. Especially political speech. But if the Two-Johns and their water-carriers in the "mainstream press" (a group of people intent on debunking the Switees yet do nothing to expose the lies hurled at the President) want to insist that President Bush decry these ads (which he's already done) they need to clean up their own damn backyard first.

Oh yeah, and while they're bitching about the 100k some Texan donated to the Swiftees, they should tell George Soros to keep his millions to himself.

If you're going to have a problem with the ads, have a problem with the ones from your side as well. Something President Bush has stated, numerous times. He has a problem with all of the ads and wants them all to stop. I, of course, have a problem with that. Folks should be able to have as many ads as they want. But at least he isn't a flaming hypocrite. Can't say the same thing about the Two-Johns.