The stifling of free speech emanating from the Obama camp and his minions is nothing short of alarming.
Just recently:
- They tried to shut down radio talk shows that have the nerve…the never I tell you…to oppose The Chosen One.
- They attempted to silence TV stations running an independent ad by American Issues Project spotlighting Obama’s ties to terrorist Bill Ayers (their lawsuit was dismissed as being “full of shit”).
- Obama is threatening the licenses of TV stations that run NRA ads.
But the latest thuggish attacks on free speech from Obama’s brownshirts is the most disturbing (and likely to be illegal and unconstitutional, as well).
St. Louis and Missouri Democrat sheriffs and top prosecutors are planning to go after anyone who makes false statements against Obama during his campaign. And of course they’ll be the ones to decide what consitutes “false” statements.
This is nothing less than trying to intimidate political opponents into silence. The really creepy part is that they’re calling themselves “Truth Squads”.
From Instapundit: “Check out this TV news report from St. Louis, too, which makes clear that the Obama campaign is behind this.”
St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce and St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch are threatening to bring libel charges against those who speak out falsely against Barack Obama.
Damn — I wish I lived in Missouri just so I could test these motherfuckers.
It’s pretty scary to think the law will go after critics of one candidate without saying they’ll do the same for the other. Of course, if you went after everybody on the Left who has told a lie about McCain and especially Gov. Palin — well your jails would be overflowing with deranged moonbats.
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OTHERS:
The news media has walked away from its role as unbiased and objective observer. Now it is completely in the tank for Obama. That’s bad enough. But to have law enforcement officers claim they will enforce libel laws on someone elses behalf? That is the end of free speech and the beginning of some variant of fascism, socialism or communism.
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Here’s the NRA ad that Obama doesn’t want you to see:
Conversation with a Goon Squad goon
You want to know how out of touch the goons on Obama’s Missouri “truth squad” are with the truth? Reader Pat sends an enlightening e-mail:
Michelle,
I spoke with Bob McCulloch, Missouri prosecutor, about the truth squad story. I asked for an example of a lie that he would have to set straight. He used the example of the sex education for kindergartners. He believes that Barack Obama supported legislation that would protect kindergartners from inappropriate touching and not a wide spectrum of sex education in that age group. I asked if he read the legislation. He said “no.”
I told him that if I hear him calling the sex education story a lie, then I would know that he had either not read the bill or was just going to lie for Obama no matter what the legislation actually says. He went into the idea that anybody can analyze legislation any way they want and that my analysis may not be correct. I told him that a monkey could analyze this legislation and know that the law is not specific to only inappropriate touching of kindergartners, but adds that age group to a wide array of sex education. He does not believe me. And so it goes.