CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (Talon News) -- Government attorneys on Tuesday ordered the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to remove from their web site photos taken of Sen. John Kerry earlier this week when he paid a visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL.
The photos sparked a political firestorm when the senator's campaign cried "dirty tricks" when NASA photographers placed photos of Kerry, dressed head to toe in a baby blue "safe suit," on the NASA web site.
NASA's general counsel fears that the photos and the visit may violate the Hatch Act, a federal law which prohibits the use of federal facilities for campaign activities.
Kerry's campaign, of course, believes the photos are an attempt to make the Senator look silly. Diverting attention to the possibility that they comprise an illegal campaign appearance at a government facility is a stroke of genius on the part of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" of which the NASA lawyer is so obviously a member.
By the way, Senator: Nice pajamas!
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