Indiana AG files lawsuit against Swiftboaters

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http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/09/indiana-ag-files-lawsuit-against.html

Indiana AG files lawsuit against Swiftboaters
by Joe in DC - 9/18/2006 05:02:00 PM

The Republican Attorney General of Indiana is going to court to stop the Swiftboaters political operation in Indiana:
Attorney General Steve Carter has filed a lawsuit today in Brown County Circuit Court against a group making automated phone calls targeting Democratic congressional candidate Baron Hill.

Carter also is seeking a preliminary injunction against the California-based group, Economic Freedom Fund, which is financed by Bob J. Perry, a Texas homebuilder with close ties to White House adviser Karl Rove. Perry also bankrolled the Swift Boat attack ads against the war record of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry in 2004.

UPDATE to the earlier article (same link):
Attorney General Steve Carter said today that a California-based group has agreed to stop making automated phone calls attacking Democratic congressional candidate Baron Hill.

However, Carter said the state is still seeking a preliminary injunction against the group, the Economic Freedom Fund, and pursuing a lawsuit in Brown County Circuit Court. A hearing on the injunction has been scheduled for Sept. 27 in Nashville.

[GCP]

1. Nice - and he's a republican!

Maybe he knows the dems would start doing the same thing anyway against their guys.
Welcome to DU! :toast:

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4. Thanks!.....

I keep not saying thanks to people because I don't want to bump up my threads but just this once....thanks to all for the welcome! I've been reading DU for years but just haven't had much time to post (I sort of dash in and out and read a few posts as I can). I'll be spotty in posting but know I'm always reading!

[Warpy]

2. AT LAST

I notice Clinton, Albright and Berger took the PT911 slander as supine as usual.

Winning a suit isn't the point. Being a pain in the ass is the point. Unless people are willing to stand up to these bullies, the bullies will continue to smear everyone out there who dares to challenge the neocons.

As for Perry, a search a couple of years ago turned up his interest in all this. He's desperate for tort reform. He's an often sued home builder in the state of Texas.

[Joanne98]

3. YES!