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Obama Campaign Confronts WGN Radio (Directs ObamaNazis to Target Stanley Kurtz Interview Tonight)
Chicago Tribune - The Swamp ^ | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 | John McCormick

Posted on 08/27/2008 8:20:47 PM PDT by kristinn

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is organizing its supporters tonight to confront Tribune-owned WGN radio in Chicago for having a critic of the Illinois Democrat on its air.

"WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears," Obama's campaign wrote in an e-mail to supporters. "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."

Kurtz, a conservative writer, recently wrote an article for the National Review that looked at Obama's ties to former 1960s radical William Ayers.

The magazine had been blocked in its initial attempts to obtain records from the University of Illinois at Chicago regarding the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which Obama chaired and Ayers co-founded. The school later reserved its position and made the records available Tuesday.

Obama's campaign is urging supporters to call the radio station to complain.

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

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

(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: achillwind; ads; ayersobamaconnection; censorship; dncbrownshirts; dnctalkingpoints; intimidation; liberalfascism; obama; obamaayersconnection; unfairnessdoctrine
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Thanks for the mp3 links. I downloaded all eight to my desktop and just finished listening to them.


121 posted on 08/28/2008 2:17:00 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: kristinn

They must be really worried about this Annenburg thing. Amanda Carpenter of Townhall told Bill O’Reilly tonight that Obama is asking the Justice Dept. to investigate the American Issues Project, the group who made the Obama/Ayers ad. Not the FCC, the Justice Dept. That’s some serios overkill if there’s nothing to hide. Using his position as a US Senator to silence a political opponent? Seems like a pretty nasty attack for a guy passing himself off as a political newbie. This Ayers stone is rolling downhill fast and picking up some ugly moss.


122 posted on 08/28/2008 2:23:52 AM PDT by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor (3rd tour) & 2 Marines (so jealous!) Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less! Amen!)
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To: libbylu
This blows my mind. If OBambi is elected where will free speech go?

To the protections of the Second Amendment, and the millions of firearms and ammo that are squirreled away all across America "just in case".

"Case" has a 50/50 chance of arriving in November.
123 posted on 08/28/2008 3:40:18 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history. (Obama is his 2nd term))
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To: kristinn

that a) their phone lines and emails have been swamped with abuse, and b) that the Obama campaign was invited to participate. The producer is quoting talking points shared by the campaign.

Nazis rise again.


124 posted on 08/28/2008 4:09:10 AM PDT by Chickensoup ('08 VOTING, NOT for the GOP, but INSTEAD, for the SUPREME COURT that will be BEST for my FAMILY!!)
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To: Spok
How long with the MSM look the other way?

Precise as LONG as they did with the clintons!!!

125 posted on 08/28/2008 4:36:35 AM PDT by danamco
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To: kristinn
One man's “divisive, destructive ranting” is another man's insightful criticism. Ask George W. Bush about how it feels when the former is described as the latter in the MSM. He has had to take it and be a man about it for at least 5 years. Obama apparently can't handle it at all.

Not ready for prime time?

Welcome to the Big Show!

Don't you love it when the 1st Amendment works the way it is supposed to rather than as a bludgeon to drive religion out of our society?

126 posted on 08/28/2008 4:51:28 AM PDT by RedEyeJack
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To: HerrBlucher
It seems that Obama is trying to impose the Fairness Doctrine when it's not even law. Hey Obama! Isn't dissent supposed to be patriotic. That's what I hear from libs when they criticize Bush and the war.
127 posted on 08/28/2008 4:51:53 AM PDT by Victory Rocks (Our brave troops are the real peacemakers.)
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To: kristinn
"WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears," Obama's campaign wrote in an e-mail to supporters.

He forgot "white-ass."

128 posted on 08/28/2008 4:55:43 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: kristinn

ping for later


129 posted on 08/28/2008 5:10:01 AM PDT by pctech
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To: All

10:46 length interview here:

Kurtz With Bill Bennett To Discuss Obama Ties To Bill Ayers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpFT2LHIlzs

Stanley Kurtz article here:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTgwZTVmN2QyNzk2MmUxMzA5OTg0ODZlM2Y2OGI0NDM=&w=Mg==


130 posted on 08/28/2008 5:40:21 AM PDT by FreedomProtector
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To: kristinn

Good grief. Obama must be stopped. Look at the way he’s assaulting the First Amendment as a candidate. Imagine what he’ll do as President with a compliant, lapdog, socialist Congress at his back! Already his campaign is trying to jail critics and shut down critical media outlets. They’ll be sending folks like us off to re-education camps!


131 posted on 08/28/2008 5:48:59 AM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: auboy

“Red diaper baby” = child of US communists


132 posted on 08/28/2008 5:52:37 AM PDT by mondonico (Peace through Superior Firepower)
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To: All; ETL

Good research/interesting links/summary about Weather Underground and Obama’s close connections
to Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn on this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069095/posts?q=1&;page=1#1


133 posted on 08/28/2008 5:54:21 AM PDT by FreedomProtector
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To: mondonico
Early indoctrination.

And what do you want to be when you grow up, Billy?

134 posted on 08/28/2008 5:58:26 AM PDT by auboy (Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. Samuel Johnson)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Thanks for posting the link.


135 posted on 08/28/2008 6:01:36 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: kristinn

I’m convinced at some point Obama supporters will start wearing armbands to identify themselves.


136 posted on 08/28/2008 6:04:15 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: FreedomProtector

Senator Stealth (article mentioned on show)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066924/posts


137 posted on 08/28/2008 6:06:44 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: kristinn

There are people who still believe this is all lies or have never heard about this

we need to hammer this for weeks as Obama must be really up in arms over this.

The MSM have done a good job thus far of covering it up but we need to get the message out so everyone knows about this

Every person I have talked to about politics I have told and many were stunned


138 posted on 08/28/2008 6:16:12 AM PDT by manc (marriage is between a man and a woman, MA has a sham perverted sick version)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Thank you!


139 posted on 08/28/2008 6:37:15 AM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: kristinn

The “Action Wire” is fascinating. One irrelevant non-sequitur after another. The idea is not to refute Kurtz on the facts but to gin up Obama’s followers on social issues so that they are motivated to shout him down.


140 posted on 08/28/2008 6:40:59 AM PDT by denydenydeny ("[Obama acts] as if the very idea of permanent truth is passe, a form of bad taste"-Shelby Steele)
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