Mistaken Mistakes and the Mistakers who make them.

So, apparently Bush has said that he's going to seek an injunction against soft money groups such as Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, as well as (I'm sure) MoveOn.org, and Americans coming together.

I don't think a court will allow it, and I think it's a problem for Bush to pursue it. The courts will (should) deny the injunction because political speech, particularly unpopular political speech is a core value of the 1st Amendment. And now we can finally point at something Bush has done and claim that it's a stifling of free speech. Ugh. And the liberal press will stay hush hush about the free speech elements, because it eliminates the embarassing Swift Boats guys and the retractions they've caused in the Kerry campaign.

While I think the Swifties should have vented their ire years ago, and while I think that MoveOn is playing every cheap shot they can think of, denying either of them the right to speak now is a step backwards for everyone.