The Swiftboating of Hillary has begun and it's so incredibly offensive

[pdxmom]

that I am stunned. This is not only despicable, but I believe it is a violation of McCain-Feingold.

Evidently, "Hillary, the Movie" is out and Faux news is going to basically be running the ads as if it is a news story, for the next 5 days...exactly the way the Swiftboat ads were flashed around the country. The FEC has said no ads for the movie can be run, because it is a violation of law, so Faux is going to run a story and evidently show the ad as if it is news. This seems specifically designed to affect the outcome of Super Tuesday. Seems like Faux is going out of its way to circumvent the laws.

Here is a story about it from the Christian Science Monitor and I heard about the Faux broadcast aspect from an interview of David Bossie on the Hugh Hewitt Show. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0201/p03s01-ussc.html

This is disgusting and I don't want to see any candidate get slimed this way. How do we get this crap stopped?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. pick another candidate.

that would be a first, good step.

[pdxmom]

2. It's not about who I pick as a candidate. Hell, I don't want to see something

like this done to a Repuke. I haven't seen the movie, but it features Dick Morris and Ann Coulter, so you know it's a pack of lies, innuendo and filth. I think that there are laws in place that should be followed, and that Faux is using its status as a supposed news outlet to get around the laws. I don't like that. And they already plan a movie on Barack and do the same thing if he gets the nomination.

[AndyTiedye]

21. Only if You Pick a Repiglickin

ANY Democratic candidate for President WILL be swift-boated by the Mighty Slime Machine.
Since it worked so well for them in 2004, they will be doing a lot more of it this time.

[papau]

3. main stream media is also in full Obama promotion mode -no woman is "ready" for job?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. You mean people are saying...

that Hillary didn't really earn those purple hearts in Vietnam?

The bastards!

[ursi]

5. we all knew this would happen ...easiest target to hit is a Clinton from the Bill and Hill marriage

I don't want 4 years of it again while the media distracts us from our sinking economy, wars and investigations that won't get done on the Bush administration.

[pdxmom]

16. This group intends to make another movie in the summer if Obama

is the candidate, and Bossie said that they'll have the material to do one.

[AndyTiedye]

24. Since the "Material" Is Nothing But a Pack of Lies…

…they can easily come up with the "material" to swift-boat anyone.

What makes it work is the endless repetition by the Mighty Slime Machine.

[goldcanyonaz]

6. This has been going on for years. And, she still gets up everyday and fights for the people.

:woohoo:

[KennedyGuy]

7. thats exactly why I support her..

[goldcanyonaz]

8. Me too. She's the one!

[pdxmom]

9. I guess my thing isn't about Hillary specifically, it's about the fact that

Faux is going to run what is essentially an ad that has been denied by the FEC under the guise of news. And once again, a candidate is going to suffer from it. It's the principle to me, and while it's focused on Hillary this time, it will be done again and focused on someone else and I find it incredibly unethical and illegal.

[goldcanyonaz]

12. I'm happy that you're standing up against it. Many here will purchase this movie.

[pdxmom]

15. God, I hope you're wrong. I went and looked at the trailer and website,

so that I'd know what I was talking about when I posted. It's just disgusting. I would hope no true Democrat or Progressive would contribute to that.

[Captain Hilts]

11. Like Bubba and UNLIKE the Bush Boyz, Hill can take a hit and get right back up. nt

[goldcanyonaz]

14. She takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.

[mondo joe]

20. Exactly. She is tough, tough, tough. NT

[K Gardner]

10. Everyone knows I'm no HRC fan, but this isn't right. Fox is a NEWS channel and there has to be some

kind of law against that.

[pdxmom]

13. Thanks. That's the point I was trying to make. I'm furious at what is

happening.

[AndyTiedye]

19. There IS a Law Against It, But the Repiggies are ABOVE THE LAW

Didn't you get the memo?

[ErnestoG]

17. This should give you an idea of how they will tear her to pieces in a national

election. Hillary Clinton as the nom is as good as a McCain win.

[wain]

18. Regardless of the issue, I've have never liked McCain-Feingold

I believe it's a privileged restriction by incumbents-to-office on my freedom to hear speech.

[AndyTiedye]

22. Didn't Bush** Attach a Signing-Statement to McCain-Feingold to Exempt ALL Repiglickins?

[spanone]

23. it's only just begun