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| McCain and Palin Sued for 6 Mill by Obama Fan in KC |
| 2008-10-16 |
| A Kansas City lawyer and supporter of Barack Obama for president has filed suit in federal court, alleging that the Republican ticket has incited violence against the Democratic nominee. The official "Truth Squad" was too busy to take her complaint, apparently. In her suit against Sen. John McCain, Gov. Sarah Palin and campaign manager Rick Davis, Mary Kay Green said she has been injured by their campaign tactics and suffers "terror of the heart, anxiety and grave fear" for Obama's life. I understand Päxil works wonders for things like this, Ms Green. Green, an occasional contributor of letters to the editor for The Kansas City Star on legal and political issues, said the GOP campaign has used false hate speech to work their supporters into a frenzy, leading to death threats against Obama. In an interview, Green said she worked as a young woman in the presidential campaigns of both John and Robert Kennedy in Nebraska. "High point of my life, dontcha know!" Though she has asked for $6 million in damages, Green said the money is not important. The suit is a moral plea to the Republicans to temper their language, she said. "I will not tolerate another assassination," "What's that you have there, Bob?" "Another frivolous lawsuit." "Cheeze. They never stop, do they?" |
| Posted by:Cornsilk Blondie |
| #17 According to Wiki: Criminal and civil law Barratry, in criminal and civil law, is the act or practice of bringing repeated legal actions solely to harass. Usually, the actions brought lack merit. This action has been declared a crime in some jurisdictions. For example, in the U.S. states of California, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, barratry is a misdemeanor, [1] while in Texas, it is a felony.[2] In England and Wales the offence was abolished in 1967. Barratry also refers to the act of soliciting legal business from potential clients based on a particular event not just solely to harass. For example, an attorney who stops at the scene of a car accident or follows an ambulance to an emergency room in hopes of finding and soliciting business from an injured and aggrieved person might be accused of barratry. The lawyer who practices this sort of barratry is called, pejoratively, an ambulance chaser. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-10-16 22:40 |
| #16 is there still a law against barratry? |
| Posted by: Elmeremble Lumplump9194 2008-10-16 19:03 |
| #15 And just last night I was wondering about whatever happened to Cindy Shitforbrains Sheehan? Sounds like she has turned up in KC. (Must have been that skunk beer I had) |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-10-16 14:14 |
| #14 Not embarassing enough with the Royals and Chiefs, eh ms. green? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-10-16 11:39 |
| #13 Mr Hussein will be appointing the federal Judges who decide these things. If he wins, expect more of these. Remember that on paper, the old Soviet Union had a constitution "guaranteeing" freedoms. On paper. In reality, not so much...Judges matter. |
| Posted by: Minister of funny walks 2008-10-16 11:01 |
| #12 I have a feeling Mary throws a noose over the ceiling fan if a dog shits on her lawn and has to be talked down by the local EMTs. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-16 09:39 |
| #11 What? Is he (rightly) scared spitless of what the Right will do if they figure out Obama/ACORN stole the election? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2008-10-16 08:43 |
| #10 "I have an obligation as an attorney to speak out and use my voice to say to John McCain and Sarah Palin that you must stop this behavior. I'm no legal expert, but I don't think a lawyer's ethical standards, such as they are, express such an 'obligation'. An 'obligation' to draw attention / ridicule to yourself, maybe... |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-10-16 08:29 |
| #9 The libs have a severe case of projection this year. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-10-16 07:56 |
| #8 Can we counter sue for him being a idiot? This is the part of the start of pure suppression of free speech and intimidating the right. If the dhimocrats get in power, expect more and more of this until the right is cowed, or revolts. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-10-16 07:29 |
| #7 Sorry about the quad posts. Enter key got stuck :(. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-16 04:40 |
| #6 Meanwhile the Secret Service can find nobody to collaborate the story that someone in the McCain crowd shouted 'Kill Him' when Bambi's name was mention. The reporer seems to have made the whole thing up from cloth. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-16 04:39 |
| #5 Meanwhile the Secret Service can find nobody to collaborate the story that someone in the McCain crowd shouted 'Kill Him' when Bambi's name was mention. The reporer seems to have made the whole thing up from cloth. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-16 04:39 |
| #4 Meanwhile the Secret Service can find nobody to collaborate the story that someone in the McCain crowd shouted 'Kill Him' when Bambi's name was mention. The reporer seems to have made the whole thing up from cloth. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-16 04:39 |
| #3 Meanwhile the Secret Service can find nobody to collaborate the story that someone in the McCain crowd shouted 'Kill Him' when Bambi's name was mention. The reporer seems to have made the whole thing up from cloth. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-16 04:39 |
| #2 I thought they were laws against frivolous libels and also judges getting angry and fining people for contempt to court. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-10-16 02:21 |
| #1 Good luck with that you fecking idiot. Tell ya what, if you win, we will file countersuyit and recover the money from your side's continued systematic, libelous assault and verbal threats of violence on Sarah Palin. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-10-16 00:52 |