Here in Chicago, Obama is personally starting a campaign of intimidation against a local media outlet – for daring to discuss the Ayers thing.

Look at the e-mail he sent to supporters here in town – it’s covered by the Chicago Tribune, which owns the radio station targeted.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-obama-wgn,0,3744149.htmlstory

“In the next few hours, we have a crucial opportunity to fight one of the most cynical and offensive smears ever launched against Barack.
Tonight, WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears. He’s currently scheduled to spend a solid two-hour block from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. pushing lies, distortions, and manipulations about Barack and University of Illinois professor William Ayers.

Tell WGN that by providing Kurtz with airtime, they are legitimizing baseless attacks from a smear-merchant and lowering the standards of political discourse.

Call into the “Extension 720″ show with Milt Rosenberg at (312) 591-7200
(Show airs from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. tonight)

Then report back on your call at http://my.barackobama.com/WGNstandards

Kurtz has been using his absurd TV appearances in an awkward and dishonest attempt to play the terrorism card. His current ploy is to embellish the relationship between Barack and Ayers.

Just last night on Fox News, Kurtz drastically exaggerated Barack’s connection with Ayers by claiming Ayers had recruited Barack to the board of the Annenberg Challenge. That is completely false and has been disproved in numerous press accounts.

It is absolutely unacceptable that WGN would give a slimy character assassin like Kurtz time for his divisive, destructive ranting on our public airwaves. At the very least, they should offer sane, honest rebuttal to every one of Kurtz’s lies.

Kurtz is scheduled to appear from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the Chicago market.

Calling will only take a minute, and it will make a huge difference if we nip this smear in the bud. Confront Kurtz tonight before this goes any further:

http://my.barackobama.com/WGNstandards

Please forward this email to everyone you know who can make a call tonight.

Keep fighting the good fight,

Obama Action Wire”

There’s more. Scary stuff, huh?

in a conservative paper and watch the sparks fly. Hope McCain is on top of this.

Talk radio? Shut it down.
FOX? Shut it down or ignore it.
The Internet? Regulate it.
Troubling columnists? Cheer their illnesses, pray for their deaths.

The days when liberals respected the First Amendment are long behind us (there remain exceptions of course). Obama has marked a further drift toward statism with his willing use of law enforcement and threats to shut down media venues. This is more than mere Chicago thuggery, it is quasi-fascism. Even with its fatuation with Obama, the MSM should realize this wasn’t some talk radio personality who was assaulted but one of their own. They could be next.

Given this inability to deal with free speech, other troubling questions are raised about Obama. How would he handle a loss of the electoral college as he won the popular vote? How would he if elected, God forbid, react to a re-election loss and the peaceful transfer of power? That first question about the EC is the best reason, no matter how upset someone may be with McCain–even in a state where he will win in a blow-out–to vote for him this year. If enough go to the polls, we won’t have to deal with the second problem I listed.

This is truly a troubling article

I have some thoughts: If BO should win the Presidency (God forbid) and with the Dems in control of the House and Senate: What could stop this man from proclaiming himself Dictator for life. Please don’t say the Constitution since they don’t abide by it now. How could it be stopped

Another thought: What would happen if he should win the presidency and on Inaugration Day he refuses to swear to Uphold the US Constitution

Does anyone have any thoughts

This man scares me. Terribly. I have been voting for the last 40 years and I have never been so terrified of a candidate in my life as I am of BO

Anyone who believes they will not move heaven and earth to silence all criticism is delusional. The worse thing about they will have more then enough share of people who will support them.
MSNBC and CNN since they can’t beat FOX will delight in watching them being silenced. The New York Times will write editorial after editorial saying that the actions taken by a BO regime is for the good of the country.
Just sit back and let the all knowing, all seeing government do it for you. Lets be real MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and almost every other media outlet have degenerated into just being rewrite people for Obama.
They accept everything as fact that comes from Obama and his minions and never question them.
It is time to be afraid, very afraid.

what the Boulder County Sheriff was doing in Denver (Denver is not in Boulder Country for those of you in Rio Linda). From the article:

Video taken at the scene shows a man, wearing the uniform of a Boulder County sheriff, ordering Eslocker off the sidewalk in front of the hotel, to the side of the entrance.

The sheriff’s officer is seen telling Eslocker the sidewalk is owned by the hotel. Later, he is seen pushing Eslocker off the sidewalk into oncoming traffic, forcing him to the other side of the street.

It was two hours later when Denver police arrived to place Eslocker under arrest, apparently based on a complaint from the Brown Palace Hotel, a central location for Democratic officials.

My best guess is that the BCS got pulled in for extra security during the convention. Still don’t make up for the way they treated him.

15 years ago, I loved the BCS, I got pulled over about 10 times by them and never got a ticket or a written warning.

This Denver story that broke in Chicago:

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/08/mell-says-no-mo.html

The comments following are pretty good.