Well, almost.
Billionaire failed candidate for FL senator, Jeff Greene, "is preparing to sue The St. Petersburg Times and The Miami Herald for libel, claiming that articles they published cost him his bid for the United States Senate."
Publishing the truth can in many circumstances provide a defense against legal action for liable.
Presumably if I blogged the statement, "I have no proof of Jeff Greene spawning in Perdition and perpetually puckered brow result of plastic surgery to remove his horns, nothing but a despicable demon carpet bagger spitting on those he considers his lessers," that might make defamatory statement, because although literally true--I have no actual proof of Satanic parentage, just a churning in my guts whenever seeing his face--the preposterous hyperbole propounded could verge on defamation.
Great Mencken's ghost, when did this fool decide to run for public office, 31 December '09 during a cocaine and Cuervo fueled Bacchanalia?
Did he forget people had pictures of his party boat debauchery? (Google it yourself.)
Did he forget his consistent degrading and demeaning behavior towards his employees, damaging a protected, precious Belize coral reef, and illegal trip to Cuba?
Two good things about his candidacy: he now has less $ to pursue delusional dreams of getting elected, and he did bring a smile to my face at times.
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