Ross Cassell -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RC> Hello Ed!

 RC> 17 May 09 17:10, you wrote to Ross Sauer:

 RS>>> If that opposition includes slander, libel, death threats, and
 RS>>> actual violence, it needs to be toned down at best.

 EH>> Slander and libel are covered by the law and so are death threats and
 EH>> violence.

 RC> Except that the constituency of elected officials can say what they want
 RC> about them, except for those things that would otherwise threaten or
 RC> influence the safety of said official and his family etc. Prove of this
 RC> was evident from the Angry Left over the past 8 years.

True. There were even death threats against Bush, Cheney and others in the
administration.

 RC> But notice how Sauer says its not ok to slander or libel Obama?

Of course, no one has the right to slander or libel The One, the omnipotent O.

Ed

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