A few webloggers who'd been accepting sidebar ads from the John Kerry campaign have sent a letter demanding that he renounce the outrageous attacks on Governor Dean by his former staffers or else they'll pull his ads.

Given your staff link to this attack through your former press secretary, Robert Gibbs—the new group’s spokesman— we feel it is incumbent on you and your campaign to make it clear that this kind of attack is unacceptable. Otherwise, there will be the appearance of covert cooperation by your campaign in supporting this effort.

If your campaign does not make clear that you have no link to this scurrilous attack, all of us will have to reevaluate our willingness to allow advertising by your campaign on our web sites.

Nicely done, folks.