Yes, yes, yes!! John Dean says Kerry should sue the Swift Boaters

[Nancy Waterman]

I have been saying this too. He should sue them for libel and slander.

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20040831.html

[gasperc]

1. hey I said that in my very first post on the subject

back three weeks ago, my exact words were " I believe legal action is in order"

[indie_voter]

2. YES! I wish he would. n/t

[Dob Bole]

3. Yes, but he should wait two months....

suing now would just bring the whole issue to the forefront again, and hurt Kerry's candidacy.

[mbali]

7. And case wouldn't be resolved any time soon, anyway n/t

[tandot]

4. I completely agree

these SlimeVets must be held accountable for their lies.

And the good thing is that all of those lies are documented in a book ... black on white...

[seabeyond]

5. how much do they have in treasury, 40 million

wink

[Plaid Adder]

6. I talked to my partner the lawyer about this

She said that probably the reason they haven't done it is that the standards for proving slander/libel against a public figure are very high ("because of the first amendment") and it's hard to prove in a court of law. And, as she said, if they didn't get convicted, the public would assume that the charges were true, when in fact all it would mean was that they weren't able to meet the legal standard for slander or libel.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder