Why Hasn't Shrub Sued the Enquirer over the Drinking-again Item?

UTUSN

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Sat Oct-29-05 01:11 PM
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Why Hasn't Shrub Sued the Enquirer over the Drinking-again Item?

The link shows that SOME people sue it and reap corrections, disclaimers, or retractions when something ISN'T TRUE, hmmm?

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http://slate.msn.com/id/2129000/
The Enquirer clarifies.
Seven months after being sued by Ashley Olsen for running the cover headline "Ashley Olsen Caught In A Drug Scandal," the Enquirer has issued the following bogus "Clarification": "The National Enquirer wants to make clear to its readers that, by its cover and headlines, it did not intend to accuse Ms. Olsen of being involved in any drug scandal."

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Fridays Child

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Sat Oct-29-05 01:11 PM
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1. One word: discovery

:rofl:

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NVMojo

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Sat Oct-29-05 01:14 PM
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2. it's hard for public officials to sue, they have to prove it is false

libel laws ...

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kurth

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Sat Oct-29-05 01:29 PM
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4. Exactly - Bush would have to PROVE there was ACTUAL MALICE

That is a huge burden of proof in court.

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UTUSN

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Sat Oct-29-05 01:34 PM
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5. Oh Well, There's Always Another Anthrax Attack on the Enquirer Offices n/t

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DaveinMD

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Sat Oct-29-05 01:17 PM
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3. it would

only bring more attention to the article.

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DODI

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Sat Oct-29-05 01:54 PM
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6. One of our talk radio guys said the source was Brownie! I keep

wondering if that is true.

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UTUSN

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Sat Oct-29-05 02:18 PM
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7. That's What I Was Going for: BECAUSE IT'S TRUE??!! n/t

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cliss

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Sat Oct-29-05 02:32 PM
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8. Good point.

Why hasn't Bush sued?

I think I know the answer: because he's too busy with other things....like the economy collapsing, his White House is being tarred & feathered. His supreme court nominee is a laughing-stock. The Iraq war is a failure. HE'S a failure.

The American public is getting tired of him. His PR people have discovered that every time they trot him out, his ratings fall even lower.

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