Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat Nov 1, 2008 at 6:06 PM Pacific

Defamation

Andrew Sullivan notes another powerful voice (Marty Peretz) vouching for Rashid Khalidi against the vile smears spewed by John McCain.

McCain's assault on Khalidi, an innocent man who has nothing to do with this election, has clearly been his most dishonorable act of the campaign.

I'm not a lawyer, but I suspect Khalidi could file a defamation or libel suit against McCain, for these smears were both false and malicious. For the sake of our democracy, I hope Khalidi does do just that. A legal victory would be a profound setback against McCain's neo-McCarthyism.

Defamation

Andrew Sullivan notes another powerful voice (Marty Peretz) vouching for Rashid Khalidi against the vile smears spewed by John McCain.

McCain's assault on Khalidi, an innocent man who has nothing to do with this election, has clearly been his most dishonorable act of the campaign.

I'm not a lawyer, but I suspect Khalidi could file a defamation or libel suit against McCain, for these smears were both false and malicious. For the sake of our democracy, I hope Khalidi does do just that. A legal victory would be a profound setback against McCain's neo-McCarthyism.

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