Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement

governor.mo.gov ^

[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.”

[impeachedrapist]

It’s been less than 24 hours since this came to light, and I’m pretty sure McCain has been rather busy - what with the economic crisis, and preparing for the debate and all. It’s kind of easy for people who have time on their hands to say — “HOW COME THEY HAVEN’T SAID ANYTHING YET”? If you want them to say something, or you want the word to be spread, make some calls, or send a copy of this letter along with a link to the video of the news segment that aired yesterday to McCain, and Bush, along with your local representatives, and your local/state Republican party, and officials (to see if this is happening in your state...). Don’t just complain - DO SOMETHING!

Bravo!!

[tuckrdout]

I have taken the original news story, with links to the video...highlighted that it was a CBS news station....not Fox....and the statement from the governor and sent it out to every single email address I have. Please, do the same. This is serious.

[Ilya Mourometz]

Communism, Nazism, socialism...it is all basically part of a continuum. All variations of statism/fascism and there is absolutely no question but that Obama has more than a little of Der GROFAZ and Uncle Joe in him.

[Candor7]

Is Barack Obama a Sunni Muslim or a Shiite Muslim?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Dead On.

That would be exactly the right bumber sticker to use.

Its a rhetorical question, and so is not an offensive or prejudicial statement.

But it makes a poiint.

[VOA]

repost from
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2092020/posts?page=1

“
The Governor of Missouri says openly that Barack Obama conspired to
misuse his state’s law enforcement resources to “threaten and intimidate
his critics.”
“

Democrats using public resources to FRUSTRATE the will of the people?
In Missouri?
Why “I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!!!”
(/sarc)

What I post below is the best of what I could pull up via Google
about the allegation that Eric Holder (under the Bill Clinton administration)
used Federal/public resouces to defeat a move to get Concealed Carry
in Missouri (which did eventually pass and is now active, if I understand
the situation correctly).

My best (and surely fallible) recollection is that Eric Holder was
a US Justice official located in the St. Louis area and was accussed
of using Fed/guvmint resources to defeat a push for Concealed Carry
in Missouri (in the late 1990s?).

I INVITE FELLOW FREEPERS
(AND IN PARTICULAR “BANGLIST” FOLKS)
TO CORRECT OR FILL-IN FACTS ABOUT ERIC HOLDER AND HIS
CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT CONCEALED-CARRY IN MISSOURI).

Clinton takes on the gun lobby
The Independent (London),
Apr 28, 1999
by Andrew Marshall in Washington
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n14219833

“
“The NRA and other pro-gun organisations need to support the
administration’s efforts ... to put reasonable regulations on
the use and the possession of guns,”
said Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder over the weekend.

...snip...

While Washington may still be home ground for the NRA, it is losing
battles elsewhere at state level. One of its main efforts over the
last few years has been to get laws passed to permit the carrying of
concealed weapons, but a vote in Missouri on the issue went against it
earlier this month.
“

[Marysecretary]

America is facing God’s judgement. And don’t think He won’t use a Marxist like Obama...So start praying for mercy.

[EdReform]

LOL!

[rmlew]

What is the exact claim here. Where is the proof?
I believe that Obama is doing this, but the press won't.

[EdReform]

http://www.kmov.com/video/index.html?nvid=285793&shu=1

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obamatruthsquad/index

[freekitty]

It’s awful and our Congress is going along with it. I really hope we find them out of office come Nov. I bet the Dems are going to be surprised when they find themselves out of office to when their supporters find out their lives just got worse.

[EyeGuy]

“Matt Blunt is my new hero.”

######

But alas, he is retiring, at a very young age, from the filthy game of poltics.

[grey_whiskers]

As Gov, can't he just issue public pardons?

And then refer the two lawyers to whatever board is supposed to handle discipline for the MO state bar?

Cheers!

[rmlew]

I'm stunned and the audacity of this. They aren't even pretending.
Where is the Department of Justice on this?

[Jmouse007]

Obama is getting d e s p e r a t e. No wonder he had massive nervous spittle globs during the debate. He is so busy trying to hide the truth about himself from the American voters that he is now using "TRUTH SQUAD" shock troops in Law enforcement to THREATEN THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THOSE WHO OPPOSE HIM BY DENYING THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH! The man is a Marxist, socialist, NAZI, Brown Shirt, Hitlerite Chicago THUG who HATES and despises America and Civil Liberty, especially the freedom of speech.

To put it plainly, the man is a menace to society and D A N G E R O U S.

[Gondring]

:-)

[Bellflower]

Go to the Drudge Report and put it in his breaking news space. Go to Fox News and do the same thing. Email it to Rush Limbaugh at rush@eibnet.com. Send it to everybody you can think of. Lots of us need to do this about this and any other important issue.

[ljswisc]

Interesting, Drudge picked up the story they had it on there yesterday afternoon but took it off today. =(

[Albion Wilde]

Governor Blunt needs to read this at a podium and video it and put it on the net.

Awesome idea!

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks for the ping. This is awesome.

[EdReform]

The rape of Liberty by the Obama Brown Shirts. I’m not surprised.

More discussion here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092020/posts