Posted on 09/27/2008 11:58:20 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, September 27, 2008 Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290 Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.”
Interesting times.
Democrats are not the party of Jefferson.
They are a post Civil War Creation. Collaboration of the remains of the Whigs and various other collaborators.
Interesting times ?
More like the End Times if he gets in .
This may be THE major turning point in American history.
How many people REALLY know what he means by CHANGE!
Written by a liberal during FDR's reign, and has a populist socialist taking over the USA by running on the DNC ticket.
In that book, the “civilian army” was the Minute Men. Can't wait to see what old Hussien’s name will be.
I’m just tuning in now to Fox...has this been reported anywhere? How about in Missouri?
More than you would think.
Honestly. I think the average liberal would love to lock up all those who don’t march with them.
Do you honestly think the Democrats will let themselves loose the election with out some extreme measures? I mean the type of thing this country hasn't seen in over a hundred years?
Look at the convention, they were saying that the last two elections were “stolen” and the VP candidate is saying he will bring Pres. Bush and others up for war crimes.
They have said what they plan on doing.
This is on Drudge now!
Not sure. It must be getting alot of press in Missouri if the Governor is making statements. No doubt Rush will be all over this Monday(being his home state and all).
I sent the info to Judicial Watch and Landmark Legal Foundation this morning.
God Save Our Country!
WOW!! Good! This stuff has to be stopped.
Any individual or class injured by law enforcement officials acting under color of law to deny that individual’s or class’s civil rights may be sued in Federal Court under Section 1983 for compensatory and punitive damages.
LIBERAL-FASCISM
Nope, until now. Thanks for the ping.
Girl, you need to get out on Market Street with your anti-nobama signs! LOL
How about at Union Station!
OOPS REGEIM = REGIME
I don’t think they threatened anything beyond enforcing existing law. Intimidating in its implied application, yes, but also not something that can be turned against them.
An acceptable sticker would be:
Is Barack Obama
a Sunni Muslim
or a Shiite Muslim?
Right?
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