Reply #11: Its a shame people do not remember that Kerry DID fight the SBV,

[wisteria]

the fact that you don't remember it and remember what the news media feed you is proof that the media -not Kerry was responsible for these thugs. Kerry and the campaign had dealt with them in April and thought they had them taken care of-forcing them to run through their funds. Amazingly, the SBV were discovered by a very close and rich friend of Rove's and a strong Bush supporter who gave them just about what they needed to rear their ugly heads again during a very slow news month. How about that. Any way, within a day the Kerry camp responded and when they didn't get enough media coverage they came out even louder than at first. The problem was, the media continued to play the SBV even after they were discredited.
As I said Kerry did fight back, but he had to fight the SBV and the media too. I don't see how you can blame Kerry for the SBV. What was he suppose to do?