Posted on 09/21/2010 9:26:27 AM PDT by Starman417
The free speech of their political opponents, that is.
Barack Obama continues his efforts at changing the tone in Washington:
President Obama on Saturday slammed congressional Republicans for opposing efforts that would force special-interest groups to disclose their donors for campaign-related activities.
He argued that eliminating free speech was critical to the country:
“It’s up to all of us to defend that most basic American principle of a government of, by, and for the people. What’s at stake is not just an election. It’s our democracy itself,” Obama said.
This outrage bulls#@t comes from the ahole who intentionally disabled the address verification system (AVS) for his campaign and allowed outright fraudulent donations:
The Obama campaign has shattered all fund-raising records, raking in $458 million so far, with about half the bounty coming from donors who contribute $200 or less. Aides say that's an illustration of a truly democratic campaign. To critics, though, it can be an invitation for fraud and illegal foreign cash because donors giving individual sums of $200 or less don't have to be publicly reported. Consider the cases of Obama donors "Doodad Pro" of Nunda, N.Y., who gave $17,130, and "Good Will" of Austin, Texas, who gave more than $11,000—both in excess of the $2,300-per-person federal limit.In two recent letters to the Obama campaign, Federal Election Commission auditors flagged those (and other) donors and informed the campaign that the sums had to be returned. Neither name had ever been publicly reported because both individuals made online donations in $10 and $25 increments. "Good Will" listed his employer as "Loving" and his occupation as "You," while supplying as his address 1015 Norwood Park Boulevard, which is shared by the Austin nonprofit Goodwill Industries. Suzanha Burmeister, marketing director for Goodwill, said the group had "no clue" who the donor was. She added, however, that the group had received five puzzling thank-you letters from the Obama campaign this year, prompting it to send the campaign an e-mail in September pointing out the apparent fraudulent use of its name.
"Doodad Pro" listed no occupation or employer; the contributor's listed address is shared by Lloyd and Lynn's Liquor Store in Nunda. "I have never heard of such an individual," says Diane Beardsley, who works at the store and is the mother of one of the owners. "Nobody at this store has that much money to contribute." (She added that a Doodad's Boutique, located next door, had closed a year ago, before the donations were made.)
The dependable Associated Press covered for Obama:
Running interference for criminal fraud: that's the role of the Associated Press since it became a liberal advocacy organization.
But let's have a close look at the DISCLOSE Act.
Just another battle in Imam Hussein’s Jihad on America.
Of course.
Two turns before checkmate, knock over the board.
It won't work; he remembers where the piece go.
Nice move.
;-)
If we don’t take back Congress in November, I look for our Kenyan president to follow the lead of Cesar Chavez and systematically shut down opposition starting with talk radio by implementing a “Fairness Doctrine” and placing controls on Internet blogs.
To Obama, and his ilk, if you have an ideological interest, then you have “free speech” rights, but if you have an economic stake - your jobs, your company, your industry, your investments, your savings, your economic future - then your “interests” are suspect and your free speech rights SHOULD BE circumscribed.
When you take the weight of all the free enterprise in this nation - its jobs, its economic output, its invested value, its aggregate income - the “representatives” of all that enterprise - its owners, its investors, its employees - truly REPRESENT far more of “the peoples interests” than the ideologues like Obama ever could or ever will.
His view is a very simple one - criminalize your opponents.
ping
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