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.”
My new tagline: “Barack Obama needs to grow up.”
My new tagline: “Barack Obama needs to grow up.”
Well done, Governor.
Why didn't McCain bring this up last night? President Bush should be addressing this too. This is unbelievable!
Could be wrong but it's doubtful they even had plans. All they needed to do was mention that law enforcement was involved in ensuring that only the "truth" is spoken as a way to scare off any criticism of their anointed one.
Freep ‘em
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Don’t address to but 3 or 4 at a time- or it won’t work.
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But intimidation is the intent. Straight out of Alinksy’s play book.
Unlikely that Obama’s goon squad would single out one state. It’s probably being rolled out in all battleground states.
I think it will cause many to come out and vote for McCain. Obama’s authoritarianism will not go well with many people here.
That's something I hope Blunt does immediately if he has the power to. They need to make an example out of these creeps.
Those Stalinist pigs should be thrown out of office.
Bwahahahahahahahah!!!!! So that’s it; cry about it, but nothing else is done? What about a criminal investigation? What about people going to jail for this abuse of power?
Blunt but nice!
Except that they are elected and I think McCullough is running unopposed again. McCullough is generally a decent guy and has had some really rough cases through his office. What possessed him this time is anyone's guess.
McKaskill got elected on the coattails of a stem cell proposition. Man, was that a whopping mistake.
The link and the website are legit. There isn't any sort of redirect going on.
Sorry they = these
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