Too bad for them the 9th circuit says it’s OK to lie during a campaign...:/
To see two prosecuting attorneys blithely discussing using their position to enforce partisan talking points, intimidate voters, and possibly prosecute political speech ... They better get a clue damn fast, because they have no idea how quickly what they are doing will cause the ‘ties that bind’ to come unraveled.
If anyone that had any doubts about what sort of country this will be under an Obama Presidency, the scales should be off your eyes at this point.
Signed. Darren McCarty from Ann Arbor.
What are you gonna do about it, boy?
BO is using a play from the Nazis.
Our GOVERNMENT is actively trying to get a Candidate elected. This reminds me of Venezuela last Dec when all of Chavez’s employees (aka government workers) were campaigning for his “reforms”.
This needs to be stopped - what we need to do is flood the state of Missouri with rants about Obama. If there are thousands of “lawbreakers” there will be no way they can stop everyone.
We already know that the Democrats have planned with the “fairness doctrine”. Imagine what Obama will do when the remaining opposition questions the Democrats actions going into this economic crisis and the inevitably disastrous results of Obama’s prescription for “fixing” the economy. As I just said a couple posts back, fascism is the final stage of socialism. I was getting sick and tired of communists like Naomi Klein’s “shock doctine” libels directed at people like Milton Friedman and Klein’s attempts to paint Friedman as a fascist. The truth is that Democrats are the opportunists who thrive on other people’s misery and exploit it to advance their agenda. Up to now, however, the United States has been lucky enough not to see the final stage of the Democrat’s agenda. Bush deserves criticism for his assault on civil liberties. Democrats will have a precedent and possibly a president for further attacks on our freedoms.
Using members of law enforcement labor uinons as political thugs.
KMOV.com - Video: "OBAMA CAMPAIGN CRACKS DOWN ON MISLEADING TV AD" Video Description: "The Barack Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading TV ad during the presidential campaign." (September 23, 2008)
IBD EDITORIALS: "NO COAL FOR YOU!" by Investor's Business Daily (SNIPPET: "AMERICA'S ENERGY: Joe Biden wants to develop clean coal technology -- for the Chinese. As for the U.S., he wants the Saudi Arabia of coal to be the Bangladesh of energy.") (September 24, 2008, 4:20 pm PT)
To: Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce
Subject: Proper use of Criminal Justice Resources
Comment:
Why are you threatening to use government resources to prosecute political enemies?
I saw a video tape on WMOV featuring you as a member of the so-called Obama Truth Squad saying you would officially remind voters that Barack Obama is a Christian who wants to cut taxes for anyone making under $250,000 per year.
Are you doing this on government time, using government money? How is this a part of the function of government for the city of St. Louis?
Your mission statement says: To pursue justice for all citizens within the highest standards of ethical behavior and professionalism.
Your quote:
We want to keep this campaign focused on issues. We dont want people to get distracted - Missourians dont want to be distracted - by these divisive character attacks. So were here to respond to any character attacks, to set the record straight... Your comments were cut off at that point.
Missourians dont want to be distracted - so youve decided that you speak for all of Missouri? No one is allowed to counter the claims of Mr. Obama? I think you said it right the first time, *WE* DONT WANT PEOPLE TO GET DISTRACTED... You, as a government official with police power behind you, will use your authority to track down dissent and put an end to it, with official authority, I assume.
If I were your supervisor Id have your resignation on my desk first thing in the morning for making a statement like this to the press while in your official capacity. This and the actions of like-minded sheriffs and other members of law enforcement are completely outside the bounds of your duties and authority. It isnt the job of attorneys or sheriffs to be concerned about what individuals say about a political candidate they favor, unless the First Amendment was overturned last night. And have you extinguished violent crime in St. Louis and now can use police powers to harass law-abiding citizens for exercising God-given rights our forefathers died to protect?
How do you justify participating in a so-called Obama Truth Squad in your capacity as an attorney for the City of St. Louis? Is it your opinion that your official duties include hunting down political opponents who dare to criticize Mr. Obama, using the power and resources of the City of St. Louis? May we please see that your job description so we can determine if this is part of what you are paid to do? Do your supervisors and constituents approve of your using government resources and time to go after political opponents? Is it now the policy of the City of St. Louis to intervene in civil matters (unless libel is now a criminal offense in Missouri, if so, all the more reason never to move there!) when your office represents CRIMINAL matters?
The video has put a deep fear of government into my heart. I thought wed never have a police state, but I guess we are on the way to having one now. To think that a senator campaigning for president has the power to wield police power against his enemies. This isnt the United States I was raised in.
I work for a company based in St. Louis. Thank heavens I do not live there. Hugo Chavez, you have some warm friends waiting your advice in the office of the City of St. Louis.
Are you going to prosecute me for writing to you? I am almost afraid to send this to you, for fear of government retribution. You have most of the guns and money, after all.
I could easily claim to be a member of the McCain campaign (although I'm not, officially.)
See, the problem is, we already have proof that the Obama campaign planted lies about Palin. That's the problem we're dealing with over and over again with these people. They are criminals and like all criminals they will accuse us of the very things they themselves are doing.
They need to prosecute the prosecutors.
It’s a Muslim thing.
That Jim Johnson helped select Joe Biden as VP?
That Obama had consulted with Franklin Raines?
That the Obama campaign's finance chair Penny Pritzker led one of the filed banks that helped contribute to the sub-prime mess, costing us $460M?
That Obama has close ties to American terrorist Wm. Ayers, and headed up his Chicago Annenberg Challenge?
What may have seemed like hyperbole just a year ago, looms frighteningly close to reality today.