Posted on 09/22/2008 9:12:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
We're newspaper people, so you won't be surprised to learn that we hold the First Amendment dear. We value the freedom of expression.
So when word exploded on the national scene that Gov. Sarah Palin was a "book banner," well, by golly, we paid attention. Can't have smalltown mayors or anyone else going around banning Harry Potter.
Turns out Palin never banned any books. ... The Harry Potter books Palin was supposed to have banned hadn't even been published yet when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
But it turns out there is a candidate in the presidential field who actually has tried to stifle free speech. His name is Barack Obama.
Right about the same time those false and defamatory Palin messages were filling e-mail boxes around the nation, Obama was trying to silence a conservative writer named Stanley Kurtz, who was investigating the Democratic senator's ties to William Ayers.
Ayers is a former member of the domestic terrorist group, the Weathermen. ... Ayers has never repented and, in fact, in 2001 said that he regretted not having done more.
All of that aside, how many of you make friends with people who've been on the FBI's Most Wanted list?
In the 1980s, Ayers and Obama were colleagues in something called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which was supposed to improve Chicago's education system but can offer no evidence of having done so, $100 million later.
Writer Stanley Kurtz - unlike, it seems, anyone else in the national press - was curious about exactly what this group did, how it spent its money and just how close Obama was to the terrorist Ayers.
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Obama was the director of this project, his sole executive experience. Don't voters have a right to know how he did?
(Excerpt) Read more at avpress.com ...
Note to Barack: "Uhhh" isn't a word.
If this attempt at suppressing free speech is what Obama does as a candidate, just think what he might do as president.
Like all liberal/socialist/progressive/Marxist/Fascists, they believe Free Speech (Lies) is their right and Free Speech (Truth) is not our right.
Maybe Barack will ban books, and publish something like the Red Book that Chairman Mao had published in China for the people. Maybe we’ll all get a copy of the wit and wisdom and sayings of Chairman Barack someday.
No no no.
Taxed Speech.
There, I fixed it.
I bet the democrats have a big case of BUYERS REMORSE ! What say you?
Obama’s a commie rat. Commie rats don’t like free speech.
Unfortunately I think most of Obama’s supporters are either CLUELESS, or Marxists themselves!
I’ve been throwing this stat around the last few days, but it needs to be widely circulated, IMHO...
Rasmussen published a poll on September 5th, 2008 regarding how Americans view the Supreme Court and the Constitution. Over 71% of Obama’s Supporters polled said that the Supreme Court should NOT base its rulings on what is written in the Constitution, but instead out of some “sense of fairness”. The number of McCain Supporters who agreed with the “sense of fairness” standard was only 18%.
What does that translate into real world numbers? It means that somewhere around 40% of Americans do NOT believe that the Constitution should be the highest law of the land, and believe that judges should be able to INGORE the Constitution if it doesn’t seem “FAIR”.
Obama’s supporters demonstrate how true this statistic is when they completely FAIL to understand, recognize, and speak out against Obama’s attacks on the First Amendment. The Democrats may talk a good game, but when it comes down to it, they are no more interested in a strong Constitution with protection for individuals’ rights (especially like Freedom of Speech), than Stalin was in Russia, or more recently Chavez in Venezuela (who the Dems look up to for the most part!)!
Lenin, Hitler, Mao and Obama...all use the same tactics.
You should be judged by the people you are associated with.
Just words?
Citizenship needs to be earned in this country. It should be an honor that is earned and licensed and only citizens should have the right to vote.
Totalitarian Obama.
Obama’s problem is if people tell the truth about him he won’t get elected.
Answer: With free speech people are allowed to ask questions.
Without a teleprompter, the Messiah speaks in ums...
Obama supports HIS free speech. The proletariat is to be silent and listen to his wisdom!!
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