A couple of weeks ago, Michael Barone wrote
Obama supporters who found the campuses congenial and Obama himself, who has chosen to live all his adult life in university communities, seem to find it entirely natural to suppress speech that they don’t like and seem utterly oblivious to claims that this violates the letter and spirit of the First Amendment. In this campaign, we have seen the coming of the Obama thugocracy, suppressing free speech, and we may see its flourishing in the four or eight years ahead.
In Missouri, local Democrat sheriffs and prosecutors have planned to use the state’s police power to go after citizens perceived as making false statements about Barack Obama — using the police power to intimidate political opponents.
More troubling, comes a weekend report from the Columbus Dispatch that Obama supporters in government used government computers to access data with which to smear Joe Wurzelbacher a/k/a Joe the Plumber.
Information on Wurzelbacher was accessed by accounts assigned to the office of Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers, the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Toledo Police Department.
It has not been determined who checked on Wurzelbacher, or why. Direct access to driver’s license and vehicle registration information from BMV computers is restricted to legitimate law enforcement and government business.
We have one case of Obama supporters threatening to use the powers of the state to prosecute Obama’s political opponents and another case of Obama supporters actually abusing the powers of the state to target and smear a guy who was, in reality, an innocent bystander — a man who Obama went to randomly for a photo-op. The guy just happened to do the equivalent of the child in “The Emperor Has No Clothes.” In the fairy tale, the kid and his family were not hounded and smeared by the king. In reality though, Joe the Plumber was.
This is what third world despots in African Kleptocracies do. This is not what we do, or are supposed to do, in the United States of America.
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Sigh...
Nahanni Monday, October 27th at 4:20AM EST (link)Yes it is. Obama learned real well from his African Kleptocrat side of the family.
No it isn’t. But this is not surprising because Obama and the Democrats hate America and will do anything they can to destroy this country.
Cuyahoga County
finaljeopardy Monday, October 27th at 5:45AM EST (link)Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency… doing everything on the taxpayers’ dime BUT helping single mothers collect child support. If JTP turned out to be a deadbeat dad, we’d doubtless have heard about it. Seriously, though, I wonder how many cases the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency has backed up on employees desks?
"I was under the impression, Herr Zeller, that the contents of telegrams in Austria was private!"
Crowe (Diary) Monday, October 27th at 7:21AM EST (link)“At least the Austria I know.”
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”Reporter: Obama 'truth squad' story got twisted
Woodywoodchopper Monday, October 27th at 8:04AM EST (link)[...]
Source here.
Twilight Zone
jonnot Monday, October 27th at 8:08AM EST (link)During the recent primaries and this election cycle, it seems that we have now entered the Twilight Zone. At any other time, the MSM would have been all over stories such as the ones we are hearing about 1st ammendment rights abuses. Remember when the Left’s panties were in a wad because of the so-called “wire tapping” being indulged in by our Government to protect our country from foreign terrorists? Now, Obama’s Truth Squad threatens, intimidates and bullies anyone with an opinion with which they disagree–thereby compromising all of our civil rights. Not only that, but they do so without so much as a whimper from the MSM.
I don't know about twisted
crousehold (Diary) Monday, October 27th at 8:36AM EST (link)I live in the St. Louis area and I saw this story on KMOV when it first aired. I too walked away with the impression that the two prosecutors were planning on pursuing cases against people who made claims they deemed false. In my opinion, if there was any twisting of the story, then it must have happened when John Mills reported it initially.
Don't forget the "Fairness Doctrine"
Grim (Diary) Monday, October 27th at 8:40AM EST (link)n/t
Let's Wait for the Results
EricTheRedVM Monday, October 27th at 9:05AM EST (link)I’m inclined to wait for the results of the investigation to come in. Republicans can’t afford to be burned by false claims against Dems – whether the media reports it or not. Look what happened with that college girl that faked her own mugging and politically-motivated beating last week.
Besides, what’s the hurry? Even if foul play does get confirmed before the election, you think a single Democrat voter will care that her candidate went after a private citizen with illegal means? They are so in love with this Marxist-socialist terrorist-coddler that the only thing he could do to lose their support is cut down a tree.
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Yes, because...
aardpig Monday, October 27th at 9:07AM EST (link)…those on his African side are by definition kleptomaniacs — as is anyone from that continent?
Get lost, Moby…
“I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C and D. Just who do they think they are?”. — B.G.
OK, dishonors are even, here. Nahanni, aardpig, read this.
Moe Lane (Diary) Monday, October 27th at 9:19AM EST (link)Nahanni, stop with the African Kleptocrat stuff. aardpig, there’s a list of liberals who I’ll let call out “mobys,” and you’re not on it.
So both of you behave, please.
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aardpig Monday, October 27th at 9:31AM EST (link)…having worked in Ghana, I get irritated when the whole continent is treated as one homogeneous (and crappy) country.
“I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C and D. Just who do they think they are?”. — B.G.
A clear pattern here. . .
RedWhite_and_Truth (Diary) Monday, October 27th at 9:32AM EST (link)Remember how BO vaulted into office?
From Mary Katherine Ham…
Full story here.
God help us.
The Coming Democratic Dictatorship.
Tbone (Diary) Monday, October 27th at 9:34AM EST (link)Get used to it.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
It figures
clove Monday, October 27th at 9:35AM EST (link)If anything, people will be more blatant. If we have another Civil War, I wonder if anybody has advised him, the military we have now, will shrink to nothing. Or, how the left would be stepped on like a bunch of bugs. People that are normally conservative, are only voting for him , because they don’t know any better. However, they’ll learn it quick if that happens on a larger scale. Something that anti-American, wouldn’t stand a chance in hell in this country. Time has passed, but Americans are still Americans. And, that’s not something to even joke about. I wonder if the left, secretly wants to be outlawed eventually? More and more people are sticking to their guns and religion like no other, these days. Law enforcement, or the Guard can’t enforce anything, when they all go home. Ask any American to enforce made up rules from a communist that goes against everything this nation was built on or we fought and died over. Against their own families, and I’d be willing to bet, they tell them to get screwed. Go ahead, left, try to take America. Make the rights day. The military doesn’t like you anyway, along with law enforcement.
Note to Palestra kids
finaljeopardy Monday, October 27th at 10:32AM EST (link)Both anonymously and from the Obama legal team: YOU ARE BEING WATCHED.
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2008/10/27/obama-campaign-lawyer-trying-to-intimidate-student-jounalists-why-because-they-found-actual-fraud/
For exposing the shenanigans at Brownlee Ave. The DOJ has been petitioned in some cases to to go after stations that air attack ads His Changiness objects to.
You are Joe...?
LittleChamp Tuesday, October 28th at 1:27AM EST (link)Maybe Joe the Plumber should run for president next time around. He seems to be generating as much buzz as either of the candidates. That’s if he even exists.
Speaking of buzz, I’ve been reading a website that’s measuring buzz on the blogosphere as an indicator of who’s gonna win this thing, http://www.perspctv.com, and apparently all you red staters obsessive over Obama the Commie and Obama the are only adding to his popularity, since the more comments you make about him, even nasty ones, the more free publicity he gets.
Maybe you should all go back to obsessing over Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin. Or better yet, here’s an idea–how about actually talking about McCain??
Joe the plumber for president?
LittleChamp Tuesday, October 28th at 1:33AM EST (link)Besides–Joe the Plumber is heaps more qualified for the job than Bush ever was. Not to mention, as a plumber he’s experienced in unclogging a lot of shit, which some might say the Republican party is full of these days.
Joe the plumber for president!
LittleChamp Wednesday, October 29th at 1:31AM EST (link)Maybe Joe the Plumber should run for president next time around. He seems to be generating as much buzz as either of the candidates, and he’s surely more qualified for the job than Bush ever was. Not to mention, as a plumber he’s experienced in unclogging a lot of shit–something the Republican party is pretty full of these days.
That’s if he even exists.
Speaking of buzz, I’ve been reading a website that’s measuring buzz on the blogosphere as an indicator of who’s gonna win this thing,http://www.perspctv.com , and apparently all you red staters obsessing over Obama the Commie and Barack Hussein the terrorist are only adding to his popularity, since the more comments you make about him, even nasty ones, the more free publicity he gets.
Well done, guys! Keep up the good work!
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Moe Lane (Diary) Thursday, October 30th at 11:18PM EST (link)Blam.
That’ll be $50.
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