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Sat Oct-18-08 03:32 PM
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GRANDMOTHER SUES MCCAIN FOR HATE SPEECH! |
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There's video at the link. Bless her heart. A Kansas City grandmother is suing John McCain and Sarah Palin for promoting hate speech. Mary Kay Green told KSHB that some statements at McCain campaign rallies terrify her as much as the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
"I know the secret service is on this case, but John McCain and Sarah Palin can stop some of this by a statement that they abhor these death threats and will not tolerate them," said Green.
The 66-year-old civil attorney, a lifelong Democrat, claims in the suit that the McCain campaign has intentionally and recklessly portrayed Barack Obama as a terrorist.
Green said, "You have to take these things seriously."
Green believe that Palin has been working crowds into a frenzy. There have been reports from McCain campaign rallies with words like "kill him," "off with his head," and "Muslim terrorist."
According to Green, her father managed the Nebraska campaigns of John and Robert Kennedy. After both were felled by assassins, her father died "of grief." http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Grandmother_sues_McCain_for_hate_speech_1017.html
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:34 PM
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Go Granny GO!!
About time, there should be lawsuits springing up all over the country, and the SS and FBI need to be FIRED, CENSURED, whatever needs be done to get them OFF THEIR ASSES, this is a CRIME, that they allow this and the EFFIGY HANGING of Obama..
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:35 PM
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:35 PM
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3. That's great! On a side note, am I the only one who thinks she looks like Ted Kennedy? |
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Seems like she has his fighting spirit too!:D
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:45 PM
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7. Uncanny resemblance. Maybe she has some Irish blood. |
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:47 PM
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9. She looks just like him! |
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:35 PM
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4. Good for granny! These people are hate mongers! n/t |
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:36 PM
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5. Mary Kay Green is a patriotic American... |
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She's right ~ you have to take these things seriously.
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:41 PM
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:47 PM
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8. Go Granny! GObama! Go Granny Go! |
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Sat Oct-18-08 03:48 PM
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10. Mary Kay Green rocks! |
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Sat Oct-18-08 04:35 PM
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11. Wonder why the article frames her as Granny rather than a civil attorney |
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If she were younger, would she be referred to as "mother" or "daughter"?
Just wonderin'.....
Anyway, go granny!!!
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Sat Oct-18-08 04:47 PM
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12. Amazing how this election harkens back to JFK, MLK, and RFK for so many people |
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-since Obama inspires such high standards.
We have so much opportunity to heal as a nation.
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Sat Oct-18-08 04:52 PM
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13. For Ted Kennedy, too. He passed the Kennedy torch to Obama at the Convention. Not to any of his |
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Sat Oct-18-08 04:54 PM
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14. And WHAT happened to them all? |
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Sat Oct-18-08 07:05 PM
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15. K&R Go Grandma Green! |
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:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :yourock:
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Sat Oct-18-08 07:07 PM
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16. She will be blessed, I am sure :-) |
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Sat Oct-18-08 09:42 PM
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17. GOOD!! GOOD!! Outstanding!!! |
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Sun Oct-19-08 05:06 AM
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18. thanks and good luck to mary kay. n/t |
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Sun Oct-19-08 06:15 AM
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20. I think it's great she is doing this |
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but don't expect anything to come of it. She'll unfortunately get laughed out of court after this gets assigned to some ass puckered conservative judge. I believe the standard for proving hate speech is pretty high.
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Sun Oct-19-08 06:56 AM
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21. I agree that her case will fail |
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It wouldn't take a conservative judge, either. If I were the judge, I'd throw her out of court faster than you can say "First Amendment".
Progressives should think long and hard before endorsing judicial control over political speech.
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Sun Oct-19-08 07:01 AM
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22. She should sue Fox News too. |
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That is practically all they talk about whenever I channel surf and stop on that network. Ayers and ACORN all day, every day. I thank her for trying to bring to the forefront the horrible behavior of the McCain campaign.
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