Las Vegas Review-JournalRENO — A state judge has ordered an opponent of state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer of Reno to pull a TV ad that says the Republican incumbent supported Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his 2010 race against Republican Sharron Angle.
Washoe County District Judge Patrick Flanagan granted Kieckhefer’s request for a preliminary injunction on Friday night, saying the incumbent is “likely to suffer irreparable injury to his career and reputation” from GOP challenger Gary Schmidt’s ads.
The ruling was handed down only four days before Tuesday’s primary election in Nevada.
Kieckhefer, a former Reno Gazette-Journal and Associated Press reporter who filed a defamation lawsuit against Schmidt over the ad, praised the judge’s ruling.
“It is important that at some point, when something is blatantly false, that it should not be tolerated,” he told the Reno Gazette-Journal. “I am a staunch defender of the First Amendment. I am a former journalist and I believe in it. But it is not universal, and it should not protect people’s ability to just make something up. And that’s what he did — he just made it up.”
Schmidt, a retired businessman, said he has complied with the judge’s order by pulling the ads, but he still believes Kieckhefer supported Reid in his 2010 race.
“There is nothing on the record anywhere where he gave any ounce of support or endorsement to Sharron Angle. So what did he do, vote for the Green Party candidate?” he said.
Schmidt maintained Kieckhefer also is guilty by association because his Republican friends include former state Sen. Bill Raggio and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, who both supported Reid against Angle.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/judge-orders-candidate-pull-tv-ad-tied-reid
Yes LETS PLAY HIDE THE TRUTH, seems today Judges Believe in Lying just like the Government
what happened to that “freedom of speech” thing?
“Washoe County District Judge Patrick Flanagan granted Kieckhefer’s request for a preliminary injunction on Friday night, saying the incumbent is “likely to suffer irreparable injury to his career and reputation”…”
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! SERIOUSLY???
REPUTATION???
That’s rich.
Tuesday I’ll vote in the primary. Those two are the only two R’s running.
One of the two R’s running for Ass. Dist. 40 came by my house Friday, something I have not seen a candidate do in…years. Jed is a nice guy who had no problem speaking at length with me. Another good sign was my dog did not try to eat him…
I remain a registered R solely so I can vote in the primaries.
The sheriff race is something very important to me (the sheriff is last stand against Federal tyranny on a local level). Spoke with one of the candidates at length as well – still undecided on that race.
Voting?
Buy more ammo instead.
At least THAT’LL count for something.
Voting? Do we seriously have to go through that again? What the hell’s a matter with you? Why are you still voting? Did you forget the last blatantly fraudulent presidential election already?
THERE IS NO VOTE! THERE IS NO LAW!! It’s rigged and you are aiding and abetting their criminal fraud!
Politicians are SELECTED not elected. When are you going to get it through your head? Your vote don’t mean SHIT and only keeps the fraudulent system going.
Wake up dude!
Why are you doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?
I don’t mean to be mean Cynicles, but it’s high time people get over this VOTE thing. You can’t fix a corrupt system using a corrupt system.