Posted on 07/11/2005 12:21:01 AM PDT by neverhome
*ALERT*
The U.S. Senator who smeared U.S. Troops with claims that they were barbaric torturers akin to "Nazis, Soviets with their Gulags, or some mad regime like Pol Pot or others" is now trying to silence Move America Forward [website: http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org ], a pro-military not-for-profit organization.
In keeping with his outrageous conduct, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin's office intimated to an Illinois newspaper that the IRS should shut down Move America Forward, telling the newspaper:
"Have you ever seen that H&R Block commercial where the guy leans in and says, 'I see an audit'?"
One of the grounds used to threaten impeachment of President Richard Nixon was that he politicized the IRS and tried to use IRS audits of his political enemies to shut them down or silence them. That is precisely what Senator Durbin's office is doing now! There is no place for that in American politics, and Senator Durbin must be held accountable.
In another effort to shut down the voices of American military men and women who rely on Move America Forward to defend them, it looks like Durbin's office has also called the television stations in the state and pressured them not to run the television commercial calling him to task.
Already, two television stations have buckled under his pressure: the ABC affiliate in Chicago (WLS TV 7) and the NBC affiliate in Chicago (WMAQ TV 5), are refusing to run the ad critical of Durbin. The CBS affiliate in Chicago has withstood Durbin's pressure, and Move America Forward has already aired the ad during their news broadcasts.
The TV Ad Senator Durbin seems so frightened of can be seen here:
http://www.moveamericaforward.org/Video/MAFO-7449-HI.wmv
I was disappointed in WLS TV because the WLS radio station is solidly conservative. I listen to it anytime I'm in the upper Midwest.
It would seem that the Left is determined to make sure that the only free speech is liberal speech.
"Threatening to use the IRS in this matter is disgraceful."
Just wait til Hillary is president.
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