Good coverage in the N&R of the ready-fire-aim satire lawsuit. 

Nice summary: 

At issue in the lawsuit: satirical blog posts in which Martin mocked the fact that members and financial backers of Conservatives for Guilford County, a Tea Party-inspired political action committee, include the owner of area strip clubs and a convicted sex offender.

Analysis: "[T]he lawsuit’s real damage could be to political candidates associated with the group."

And kicker: 

Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan, who herself has been mocked by Martin’s blog in the past, said he can be crude and insulting — but that’s sometimes the cost of free speech.

“Jeff Martin’s style is parody. It’s satire,” Vaughan said. “Sometimes it’s very funny. Sometimes it’s not. But people didn’t take the things he wrote seriously. This group is only hurting itself with this lawsuit. It’s very ill-advised, just silly really.

Comments

[Fec]

Good stuff. Still waiting on the plaintiffs to respond to our latest offer.

[Hugh]

"“Jeff Martin’s style is parody. It’s satire,” Vaughan said. “Sometimes it’s very funny. Sometimes it’s not. But people didn’t take the things he wrote seriously. This group is only hurting itself with this lawsuit. It’s very ill-advised, just silly really."

Not only from the Mayor but from a seasoned attorney's wife.