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Obama campaign turns thuggish (update: podcast available)
American Thinker ^ | 8-28-08 | Ed Lasky

Posted on 08/28/2008 8:25:49 AM PDT by Renfield

The Obama campaign has tonight again demonstrated that it will try to silence voices with which it does not agree. This should chill all Americans, for it offers a preview of the tactics to which a President Obama might harness the power of the federal government. The means chosen include harassment of television stations running the 527 group Ayers ad, a demand for a Justice Department investigation, and just last night, disruption of a radio talk show in Chicago that dared have Dr. Stanley Kurtz of National Review, who has been examining the archives of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, in which Bill Ayers and Barack Obama worked as colleagues.

The Obama campaign was given an opportunity to send a representative to discuss the Bill Ayers-Barack Obama-Chicago Annenebrg Challenge on the MIlt Rosenberg show last night, along with Stanley Kurtz. They refused to send anyone to debate the issue.

Instead the Obama campaign initiated an attack the likes of which veteran broadcaster (and University of Chicago professor) Milt Rosenberg has not seen in his 30 years on the air. Constant emails and phone calls -- jamming the lines at a minimum and perhaps trying to chill free speech. Would Barack Obamam the "consitutional law professor" (lecturer, actually) approve of this message -- that free speech should be harassed into silence?....

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; acorn; annenbergchallenge; ayers; barackobama; censorship; democrats; elections; freespeech; gamaliel; kurtz; nobama08; obama; panic; thuggishness; wgn; williamayers
Link to the Podcast interview of Stanley Kurtz:

http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44075&Itemid=467

1 posted on 08/28/2008 8:26:30 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield

Why is anyone suprised? These are the tactics of “Chicago Politics” and “Community Organizers” - inspired by Marx, Alinsky, Ayers, and “Frank” Marshall....Obama’s friends all.


2 posted on 08/28/2008 8:33:33 AM PDT by HardStarboard
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To: Renfield

I am listening to the WGN conversation with Stanley Kurtz as I write.

I encourage everyone to listen to it and to tell your friends to do the same.

I heard of a new group that needs to be exposed-—Gamaliel Foundation.

Here is the link to the WGN podcast of the program.
http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44075&Itemid=467


3 posted on 08/28/2008 8:33:58 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: HardStarboard

You left out the Clintons.


4 posted on 08/28/2008 8:34:58 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: Renfield

The ‘progressives’ gotta stop those hyperindividualistic outlets, doncha know.


5 posted on 08/28/2008 8:35:30 AM PDT by griswold3 (Al qaeda is guilty of hirabah (war against society) Penalty is death.)
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To: Renfield

ping


6 posted on 08/28/2008 8:36:58 AM PDT by grb
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To: Renfield
“The Obama campaign has tonight again demonstrated that it will try to silence voices with which it does not agree. This should chill all Americans,....”

Paging Tim Robbins. Paging Tim Robbins. There is a chill in the air. Paging Tim Robbins.

7 posted on 08/28/2008 8:37:51 AM PDT by Chgogal (Voting "Present" 130 times might be a sign of a smart politician. It is not a sign of a good leader.)
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To: Renfield
if Obama is elected President, will he appoint an Attorney General who will carry out politically-motivated prosecutions like the one he is now demanding?

You can bank on it.

8 posted on 08/28/2008 8:38:56 AM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood (Low information voter.)
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To: HardStarboard
Why is anyone suprised? These are the tactics of “Chicago Politics” and “Community Organizers” - inspired by Marx, Alinsky, Ayers, and “Frank” Marshall....Obama’s friends all.

Clinton with "The Path To 9/11" Kerry with "Stolen Honor"

9 posted on 08/28/2008 8:42:16 AM PDT by Roccus (People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient....then repent.)
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To: Renfield

Watch out, America!

Just wait until we have “fairness” Obama-style!

Just wait til we have “social justice” Obama and Democrat-style!

Big Brother is just waiting to be born.

Let’s toss news stories about Bill Ayers, his lovely wife, and their friend Obama The Magnificent into the Memory Hole.


10 posted on 08/28/2008 8:51:35 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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To: Renfield
Note tagline.

The Democrats' eagerness to embrace Obama--including the so-called "journalists" of the Democrat Newsmedia--reveals that there is no limit to how far to the Left these people are willing to go.

Their vision is not liberty and representative government. It is a stalinist totalitarian state ruling the masses with an iron fist, with themselves as ruling oligarchy.

They will claim--and some will actually believe--that brutal totalitarianism is necessary to guarantee equality and therefore offers the greatest good for the most people--but, in fact, their motives and objectives are utterly self-serving, and anyone who is persuaded otherwise by their benevolent, altruistic claims and pretenses is a fool.

11 posted on 08/28/2008 8:53:11 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The ruling Chinese oligarchy is the envy of the American Left.)
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To: Renfield

12 posted on 08/28/2008 8:56:46 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Stop the Obamanation!))))
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To: Renfield
And the real sad part is the huge group of Americans will totally embrace this poor conduct as necessary to win. Win at all cost is their motto, and if they win, can you imagine what freedoms will be left. No free speech, no guns, no no no no!
13 posted on 08/28/2008 9:09:46 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: Renfield

marking for later


14 posted on 08/28/2008 9:12:06 AM PDT by Christian4Bush (About Obama: "Overinflated balloons pop suddenly and catastrophically." - Bill Dupray)
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To: HardStarboard

Maybe that Chicago station should interview Larry.

http://larrysinclair-0926.blogspot.com/

from Larry Sinclair
Hello I just wanted to remind everyone to join me tomorrow August 28, 2008 at 11PM eastern, 10PM Central, 9PM Mountain and 8PM Pacific for my radio show. Oh yeah, to all the live chat crasher, I found the moderation button.

Have a great evening and I will see everyone on BLOGTALK RADIO tomorrow night at www.blogtalkradio.com/Larry-Sinclair, please join us as we continue to expose the TRUTH about Barack Obama.


15 posted on 08/28/2008 9:16:04 AM PDT by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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To: Renfield; All

The lie is often the 1st weapon used in the criminal’s arsenal of weapons.

Thanks to all posters/researchers/educators/linkers.


16 posted on 08/28/2008 9:41:56 AM PDT by PGalt
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