Pulls Ads from Sinclair Broadcast Group

According to the news, Massachusetts-based Staples, Inc. is retaliating for John Kerry's loss to President Bush. The office supply retailer canceled its ads on all Sinclair Broadcast Group TV stations. — The sin: During the campaign, Sinclair NEWS aired excerpts from Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal, a film critical of Kerry's Vietnam War record. Now, responding to 36,000 emails from Kerry's hate-Bush groups, Staples granted their wishes and pulled its ads from all Sinclair TV newscasts although only 40 of Sinclair's 66 stations carried the excerpts. — Hmm… What would John Adams, Paul Revere and John Hancock have to say about Freedom of Speech and the NEW Minutemen of Mass.?

You may recall that in 1776 there was lots of rancorous jealousy between the Bay State and other colonies, especially between John Adams and the Virginians, but when the chips were down Adams tossed in his mettle by putting politics on hold to support George Washington as commander of the Continental Army… But then… Adams wasn't a haughty, French-looking socialist braggart, spouting the importance of his own war record, was he?

[Has Staples Stopped Its Ad Boycott? Read its double-speak of Jan. 6. — Also, City Journal Commentary]