Richard Simmons: "They want to prosecute me?!? Ahh! Ahh! Shriek! Shriek!" (Runs away, screaming like a little girly man)
Posted on 08/26/2008 9:28:35 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
Obama general counsel Bob Bauer today sent a second, sharper letter to the Justice Department, directly attacking the Dallas billionaire funding a harsh attack ad, Harold Simmons.
"We reiterate our request that the Department of Justice fulfill its commitment to take prompt action to investigate and to prosecute the American issues Project, and we further request that the Department of Justice investigate and prosecute Howard (sic) Simmons for a knowing and willful violation of the individual aggregate contribution limits," he wrote.
He called the group's activities "patently illegal."
Bauer made the case that Simmons' group fulfilling its a real nonprofit charter because it hasn't spent any money on anything other than attacking Obama.
The American Issues Project released a statement responding to the letter.
"Having failed in its attempts to get our legal, factual and fully-supported ad off the air, Barack Obama's campaign now wants to put our donors in prison for exercising their right to free speech," said Ed Martin, the group's president. "These over-the-top bullying tactics are reminiscent of the kind of censorship one would see in a Stalinist dictatorship, with the only difference being that those guys generally had to wait until they were in power to throw people who disagreed with them into jail."........."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Obama-be-freaking that the public at large is going to find out about his good buddy Bill Ayers AND the other stuff we’ve been talking about for months.
Maybe now Obama figures out what’s wrong with hanging around folks like Jeremiah Wright who, for all intents and purposes, danced on 9/11 and said America deserved it.
It sounds as though the Gestapo is not a very happy camper. I wonder where the Obama adminstration is going to send dissidents. Fargo?
Political prosecutions. Restrictions on political and religious speech.
Get used to it. Defeat him, or get ready to be mau-maued and prosecuted into silence.
Wah Wah Wah........
What about George Soros. What has he been doing for the last eight Years...
Double standards apply to the Demorats. Call the ACLU!
I can’t wait to see commercials about Raila Odinga. What will the Obama folks say about him!
How about they “investigate and prosecute George Soroes for a knowing and willful violation of the individual aggregate contribution limits,”
Alaska’s climate more closely resembles Siberia’s. Build the Gulag there!/s
ANWR would be nice! Then we could drill!
They KNOW they can’t counter it, and they probably know there is more out there, so they are desperately trying to attack it, up to and including stepping on the Free Speech rights of television stations with threats...
what am I missing here?
Obama wants him to be prosecuted, for...what exactly?
Osama bin Laden
Obama and Biden
Both had terrorist friends that attacked NY and the Pentagon...
Galatians 6:7.
"Having failed in its attempts to get our legal, factual and fully-supported ad off the air, Barack Obama's campaign now wants to put our donors in prison for exercising their right to free speech," said Ed Martin, the group's president. "These over-the-top bullying tactics are reminiscent of the kind of censorship one would see in a Stalinist dictatorship, with the only difference being that those guys generally had to wait until they were in power to throw people who disagreed with them into jail."
Good response. The Democrats' profound desire to silence dissent needs to be pointed out to the politically unengaged over and over and over.
Many of the comments on the blog are also worth reading.
My thoughts exactly. Jack booted thugs in the streets. A new version of Krystal Nacht against conservatives and anyone who doesn’t toe the “liberal” line.
Obama is a self-righteous fascist, socialist/communist and black racist.
Richard Simmons: "They want to prosecute me?!? Ahh! Ahh! Shriek! Shriek!" (Runs away, screaming like a little girly man)
If we told you, it wouldn't be a surprise.
NICE......But I think they were talking in terms of the Reagan “October surprise” not the “secret” surprise. But I did laugh, because after I posted, I thought about what I posted, I had a good feeling I left that door open.
American Issues Project is a 501(c)4 organization, similar in structure to NARAL and the League of Conservation Voters, two liberal organizations that have claimed status as “qualified nonprofit corporations” for two decades. In accordance with federal law, American Issues Project only solicits and accepts contributions from individuals and not from any business corporation. The FEC also sets out specific regulations for the activities of a qualified nonprofit corporation, which American Issues Project follows.
Would Justice Kennedy go with the 4 conservatives and help restore the 1st amendment? Or do we need to continue to wait for another appointment?
ok..so it sounds like they are similar to moveon.
So confusing.
So - they are following the law but are getting threatened with prosecution anyway.
And CNN and Fox have crumbled under the pressure - because?
This is truly bewildering.
Barak sure does have audacity.
The Obamination and his minions detest the US Constitution..
Standard Dim tactic: when the truth hurts, censor.
I would normally say “Good luck with a GOP DOJ”, but then I remembered how many Clinton-era louses still work there, and that this is the same DOJ which once a year holds a “Gay Day” from which no employees are permitted to opt out.
And there’s the other Dim standard tactic: accuse others of the very thing you are doing wrong to misdirect blame.
Get used to it. Defeat him, or get ready to be mau-maued and prosecuted into silence.
Hey ... here's an Obama quote that should scare the hell out of you as well.
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
Hmm ... I wonder why he'd want a civilian national security force with tanks, artillery (tube and MLRS), and tactical nuclear weapons???
I guess I’m just surprised at the bizarreness of all this.
I shouldn’t be - I know.
But even for Obama - this is really really weird.
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