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Obama campaign cracks down on misleading TV ads
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Posted on 09/27/2008 1:36:34 AM PDT by GeeMoney

The Barack Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading TV ad during the presidential campaign.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; ads; brownshirts; censorship; election; electionads; fascism; jenniferjoyce; ministryoftruth; obama; obamabiden; obamabrownshirts; obamatruthfile; obamatruthsquad; sedition; starchamber
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Truth Squad? Is that what we have to look forward to under a B. Hussien Obama Presidency? Any speaking against the President and we will be jailed? This is scary.
1 posted on 09/27/2008 1:36:34 AM PDT by GeeMoney
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To: GeeMoney
McCain supporters in Missouri should give the Obamanite thugs the back of their finger. And make them work to take anti-Obama ads off the air - or from the print press.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 09/27/2008 1:38:48 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: GeeMoney

Also found here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091058/posts

Just FYI for others - not trying to be snarky!


3 posted on 09/27/2008 1:38:50 AM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: GeeMoney

How about if the Obama campaign cracks down on misleading debate performances, meaning his.


4 posted on 09/27/2008 1:39:21 AM PDT by valkyry1 (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: GeeMoney
Seeing how one (at least) of his supporters had a Che Guevera poster on her wall, fascist tactics don't surprise me from these people.

Dissent vill not be tolerated!!!!!!!

5 posted on 09/27/2008 1:43:00 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (I've got a bracelet, too. From Sergeant..... uuuuuuuhhhhhhh....)
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To: GeeMoney

Truth squad, death squad....what’s in a name?


6 posted on 09/27/2008 1:43:35 AM PDT by Salamander (I got a bracelet too!)
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To: Darkwolf377

First Ammendment, anyone?

By the way, why are libel and slander illegal? I mean, what am I harming when I slander Obama? His reputation? Obama’s reputation is not his property. What gives him claim on ideas in other people’s heads? (That’s my libertarian rant for the day.)


7 posted on 09/27/2008 1:45:53 AM PDT by Tublecane
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To: LibertyRocks
Also more here — DougFromUpland called McCullough's office... Very interesting commentary.

BARACK OBAMA IS A MUSLIM bumper sticker - will that land you in jail in Missouri?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091329/posts

Further down the first page is a special bumper sticker I put together (selling at cost for single orders) for Missourians (or others) who wish to put it on their cars, and fight this issue... For more info. and to see the bumper sticker; click on the the link below and it will bring you to my post on DFU's thread.

Obama is a Muslim(?) - Obama's "Truth Squad" = American S.S. = Heil Obama - Goodbye Free Speech

8 posted on 09/27/2008 1:47:29 AM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: Tublecane

Since when do libertarians not believe in libel and slander laws? Have things changed that much since I left the LP 6 years ago?


9 posted on 09/27/2008 1:48:44 AM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: GeeMoney

What if it is the Obama Campaign that is lying?


10 posted on 09/27/2008 1:49:45 AM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: GeeMoney

how about this......

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS A MARXIST MUSLIM!!!

there I said it!!! you gonna put me in jail???

I dare you!!!


11 posted on 09/27/2008 1:49:55 AM PDT by Gator_that_eats_Dems
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To: Tublecane

The DNC is turning into a sub-cult of Scientology.


13 posted on 09/27/2008 1:51:57 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (I've got a bracelet, too. From Sergeant..... uuuuuuuhhhhhhh....)
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To: Tublecane

I should’ve added: There’s a difference between THINKING something and saying something with malicious intent (libel), or publishing lies with malicioius intent (slander).

Now, in this particular case, in looking at the actual laws on the books in Missouri, Obama has no grounds to do this - and a VERY tough time even suing for libel or slander as a public figure running for election... :-)

Also, there are laws that this may violate in regards to elected and appointed state officials and officers of the court acting as an official part of an electoral campaign, but that’s separate from these speech issues anyway (well, for the most part they are).


14 posted on 09/27/2008 1:52:48 AM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: topher

That’s what I was saying throughout the debate last night every time he lied...

Someone needs to call the Missouri Truth Squad on Obama because his lies were broadcast on EVERY station in the entire STATE last night! ;)


15 posted on 09/27/2008 1:53:44 AM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: GeeMoney

Even though it’s clearly a naked attempt at intimidation, when you watch the story, it’s really about a bunch of Democrat prosecutors and sheriffs who will go on TV to “tell the truth” about the Messiah. Shame on the POS Democrat-run station for treating this as if it were a legit news story. This should be grist for the FOX news mill, and I think that there will be a backlash in Missouri, especially with Obama ads like the “Limbaugh and McCain are anti-Hispanic Racists” running. Sounds like some St. Louis area station.


16 posted on 09/27/2008 1:56:17 AM PDT by pawdoggie
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To: GeeMoney
The Barack Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading TV ad during the presidential campaign.

So Obama is pulling out of the campaign in Missouri?

17 posted on 09/27/2008 1:59:29 AM PDT by PressurePoint
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To: Tublecane

Libel and slander are lies told with malicious intent. You do believe that one has a right to protection from those who would do one harm, don’t you?


18 posted on 09/27/2008 2:01:58 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: LibertyRocks

“Since when do libertarians not believe in libel and slander laws? Have things changed that much since I left the LP 6 years ago?”

I’m not a member of the party, so I have no idea what they belive in, except in broad strokes. But I remember reading the jist of what I said in a Lysander Spooner book, I think. Or maybe it was someone else. Anyway, it makes sense to me. On a theoretical level, how can you own other people’s thoughts? On a practical level, how can you make sure the public only believes things about a person that are true? If you want to combat vicious lies, I say fight fire with fire, not fire with lawsuits.


19 posted on 09/27/2008 2:03:25 AM PDT by Tublecane
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20 posted on 09/27/2008 2:04:33 AM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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