Team Obama’s character assassination to combat supposed character assassination

hotair.com ^ | August 28, 2008 | Ed Morrissey

[Free ThinkerNY]

“Slimy.” “Smear merchant.” “Character assassin.” This kind of name-calling tends to undermine an argument against character assassination, especially when the argument comes with no supporting evidence at all. Yet the Barack Obama campaign feels comfortable with this kind of ad hominem attack on Stanley Kurtz as a means to get him silenced:

The campaign e-mailed Chicago supporters who had signed up for the Obama Action Wire with detailed instructions including the station’s telephone number and the show’s extension, as well as a research file on Kurtz, which seems to prove that he’s a conservative, which isn’t in dispute. The file cites a couple of his more controversial pieces, notably his much-maligned claim that same-sex unions have undermined marriage in Scandinavia.

“Tell WGN that by providing Kurtz with airtime, they are legitimizing baseless attacks from a smear-merchant and lowering the standards of political discourse,” says the email, which picks up a form of pressure on the press pioneered by conservative talk radio hosts and activists in the 1990s, and since adopted by Media Matters and other liberal groups.

“It is absolutely unacceptable that WGN would give a slimy character assassin like Kurtz time for his divisive, destructive ranting on our public airwaves. At the very least, they should offer sane, honest rebuttal to every one of Kurtz’s lies,” it continues.

So let’s get this straight. Team Obama calls Kurtz all of these names, and it’s Kurtz who’s the character assassin? For the second straight time on this topic, Team Obama has delivered a hysterical, shrieking offensive on a topic they’d be better off ignoring. Earlier this week, they demanded a criminal prosecution against a critic of The One for pointing out his association with unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers. Now they’ve attacked Kurtz through an organized campaign of character assassination.

[Sax]

I think I'm going to open a Bagel & Coffee shop called The Schmear Merchant.

[cblue55]

A good example of the fascist/socialist/communist government that “President Obama” would bring to our nation.

[eastsider]

Excellent!

[TomasUSMC]

The following must be the truth since it is not denied at the fightthesmears.com site

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From Larry Sinclair at
http://larrysinclair-0926.blogspot.com/

Hello I just wanted to remind everyone to join me tomorrow August 28, 2008 at 11PM eastern, 10PM Central, 9PM Mountain and 8PM Pacific for my radio show. Oh yeah, to all the live chat crasher, I found the moderation button.

Have a great evening and I will see everyone on BLOGTALK RADIO tomorrow night at www.blogtalkradio.com/Larry-Sinclair, please join us as we continue to expose the TRUTH about Barack Obama.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

I just finished listening to the WGN conversation with Stanley Kurtz.

I encourage everyone to listen to it and to tell your friends to do the same.

I heard of a new group that needs to be exposed-—Gamaliel Foundation.

Here is the link to the WGN podcast of the program.
http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44075&Itemid=467

[Christian4Bush]

marking for later

[Political Junkie Too]

“Slimy.” “Smear merchant.” “Character assassin.” This kind of name-calling tends to undermine an argument against character assassination, especially when the argument comes with no supporting evidence at all. Yet the Barack Obama campaign feels comfortable with this kind of ad hominem attack on Stanley Kurtz as a means to get him silenced:

This is how Obama came from nowhere to where he is today. Obama's rise in politics is a result of the following:

1) Obama challenged qualifying signatures on all his Illinois State Senate Democrat primary opponents' applications (see Alice Palmer), running unopposed,

2) Obama had sealed divorce records of his Democrat primary opponent Blair Hull exposed, revealing accusations of wife-beating and forcing Hull out of the primary,

3) Obama had sealed divorce records of his Republican opponent Jack Ryan exposed, revealing accusations of wanting to perform public sex acts and forcing Ryan out of the general election.

4) Obama claims his legislative records in Illinois were not archived, and presumably destroyed, leaving no paper trail of his past government experience. (See last paragraph of article)

It seems that Obama can't win without legal technicalities or by destroying his opponents.

-PJ

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe the station should turn asround and interview Larry Sinclair..

[FormerACLUmember]

As an investigative reporter, Stanley Kurtz has proven himself to a national treasure.

[FormerACLUmember]

post 8: I had forgotten what a vicious dirtbag Obama was.

[PGalt]

Great thread. Thanks to all posters/linkers/researchers.

BUMP-TO-THE-TRUTH!

[Old Professer]

Beginning to sound like the guy at the bar who tried to put out a smoldering whisker on Grizzly Adams’ face by splashing it with whiskey.

[RightWingConspirator]

B Hussein Obama is a sleaze merchant without equal.

[Milligan]

I wonder if Ryan and Hull will exact revenge?
They’re millionares you know.
We should give them a call!