Posted on 09/26/2008 5:52:10 PM PDT by markomalley
A St. Louis television station reports — their words — "The Barack Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading TV ad during the presidential campaign."
Prosecutors and sheriffs from across Missouri are joining "The Barack Obama Truth Squad."
They mention Jennifer Joyce, St. Louis Circuit Attorney and Bob McCullough, prosecutor for St. Louis County in Missouri.
The reporter says, "They will be reminding voters that Barack Obama is a Christian who wants to cut taxes for anyone making less than $250,000 a year."
While the report never quite comes out and says that anyone running an ad saying those things would be subject to prosecution, that certainly is the message implied.
Not all things that are wrong are illegal. Saying that Barack Obama is a Muslim is wrong, but it does not warrant prosecution by the state.
I would cite Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism, but an angry mob just took my copy to their book-burning...
(Excerpt) Read more at campaignspot.nationalreview.com ...
Missouri, the show me state. Show me they aren’t lies.
Washington, DC – September 26, 2008 – Barack Obama is now using local law enforcement officials to carry out his campaign of legal intimidation by assembling a group of high-ranking Missouri police officials and prosecutors – including St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCullough and City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce – to identify and target anyone the campaign determines is producing “misleading” political advertisements.
“This is an outrageous and shocking attempt by the Obama campaign to again employ Stalinist, police state tactics against those who dare to disagree with Barack Obama,” said Ed Martin, American Issues Projects president. “I am frankly stunned to see public officials like McCullough and Joyce abusing their official prosecutorial positions to serve as attack dogs for a national political campaign. I am quite certain Missourians elected these individuals to enforce the laws and arrest criminals, not to throw people in jail for daring to practicing free speech.
“The Obama campaign continues to provide a chilling preview of what would happen to political freedom in an Obama administration.”
This new effort is only the most recent attempt by the Obama campaign to crack down on free speech. Obama’s lawyers twice demanded the Department of Justice investigate and prosecute the American Issues Project, its officers, board of directors, and donors. The campaign also threatened stations running American Issues Project’s ad in an unsuccessful attempt to compel them to pull the spot, and ran its own ad in response.
Wonder what they would do if 500,000 people flooded their offices with mail and emails stating that B.O. Hussein is a terrorist sympathizer and friend.
That TV station should push back against the Obama camp by telling them that ever since “W” canceled the Tuesday Election it will be held on Wednesday, so there!
So, do the members of the Obama Truth Squad get to wear spiffy uniforms? They already have an Obama Salute...
Barak is not a christian. Christians don’t promote abortion, leave their kin folk in poverty or believe in Alinsky’s atheistic communism.
So if Barry or Barry’s campaign lies about McCain, that would be state-sanctioned as being OK? What about “equal protection under the law”? Where is Bizarro-World-reverse-ACLU that would stick up for McCain?
Note to Odumbo thugs - there is a Constitutional right to free speech. If you think that the ads contain lies, then prove your claims in court. Otherwise, STFU.
When BO says “anyone” making $250k, isn’t that “family” income and not single earner? I don’t really want to go to his website and look around...
No, I didn’t miss it.
However, we need to see if there is any MSM coverage of this (outside of KMOV) or if it will be dead air (or spun to enhance the righteous reputation of the Messiah).
I suspect the second...but we shall see over the next couple of days...
So this is what he meant by a civilian national defense budget.
Yes, I believe they’re Blueshirts.
Reminds me of Sharia law.
Christians also don’t believe someone goes to Heaven because they were “kind”.
Time to water Mr Jeffesons tree again
Get ready folks, this is going to interesting.
unintended consequences...
The Third Reich comes to Amerika!!!! How do you like Obamma so far?
Under what law are these LEO’s and polidiot appointees acting ? And how long before the lawsuits are filed !
The VP debate is in St. Louis, I think.
Headline?
Obama campaign asks police to monitor VP debate
Palin is Subject to Arrest at Debate
"We'll nail her for racism, too," says Obama supporter
“So, do the members of the Obama Truth Squad get to wear spiffy uniforms? They already have an Obama Salute...”
They have been issued designer label, environmentally friendly, German made brown shirts.
I am beginning to think there are two Constitutions. One has the right to assemble, freedom of speech, right to gun ownership, freedom of religion, among others, while the only thing in the other Constitution is the freedom to kill your unborn baby.
I am beginning to think there are two Constitutions. One has the right to assemble, freedom of speech, right to gun ownership, freedom of religion, among others, while the only thing in the other Constitution is the freedom to kill your unborn baby.
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So if I were arrested, what’s the charge?
Sibelius’ doing, I betcha!
Jennifer Joyce
1114 Market St.
4th Floor
Mel Carnahan Building
St. Louis, MO 63101
Telephone: (314) 622-4941
Facsimile: (314) 622-3369
OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
100 South Central Avenue - Second Floor
Clayton, MO 63105
(314) 615-2600
E-Mail: pa@stlouisco.com
More info - these 2 are major liberal pukes. People start calling.
Is there any suggestion about what law would be violated by such ads? Also, would people who put out false or misleading ads or news reports about McCain also be subject to prosecution? I find it hard to believe that these people are serious. On second thought, maybe I can believe it.
Here in WA, the democrat party waited until the overseas ballots to troops were sent, then filed a petition to have them all declared illegal because the RAT Governor's opponent listed himself at GOP, rather than R.
A judge dismissed it today. But it is unbelievable that they would have the gall. Of Course the papers say nothing. 4 years ago the election was stolen from Dino Rossi by this same RAT woman and her D party auditors in Seattle. It is a grudge match now and it appears the RATs are running scared. And our voter rolls were finally cleaned up a bit. There won't be so much political action after death, this year /s
Nice! Thanks for posting the contact details. Wonder if they can reach me across the country? ;)
What Obama and some of his supporters in Missouri are doing is an outrage. All the policemen in Missouri who are in on this should be fired and stripped of their badges, uniforms, police cars, pay, health insurance, paid vacations, sick leave, and retirement benefits. In other words, send them home with nothing. As for the prosecutors in Missouri who are part of this “truth squad,” they should be thrown out on their ears come election time. Sue them for libel and slander against any conservative who dares to tell the truth about Obama.
Good, lets take it to court, and have Obama present evidence under oath, that he was NEVER a muslim, even when he went by the name, “Barry Soetoro”. Lets make him prove how he travelled to Pakistan in 1981, when there was a travel ban, and no one but Muslims were allowed into the country!
This is beautiful!! LETS GET ARRESTED!! LET’S CHALLENGE THIS LAW....How do I go about it? Stand on the corner with a sign, or pass out flyers? This can only help Mcain, folks! We all must do an operation chaos and go get arrested in Missori, fill up their courts, and shine the light on Obama’s facist ways! GET ARRESTED FOR FREE SPEECH!! YES! THIS IS HOW OUR COUNTRY WAS MADE! LETS’S SHINE THE LIGHT ON AMERICAN’S FUTURE WITH OBAMA AS LEADER!
We HAVE to go and get arrested! We must. I tell you what, I would organise it, but I am out of the country at the moment, and won’t be back until the election is over....I will try to get my son to head down there....arrest an army man....Rush should go get arrested...Hannity should get arrested....we need to clog the courts with this to shine the light on obama and the demcrats killing free speech.
Yeah, and those “greedy corporations” that are called family farms!
My dad owned a logging business, and he made more than that. We definately were not rich! Obama wants my inheritance so that he can give it to drug addicts that will not work, and spend their day partying.
Blatant intimidation. This alone is a valid reason to not vote for him as well as attack any hack Law dog who goes along with this thuggery.
I say we give it a try. Anybody have any contact details?
Sorry...I'm overseas and can't get to certain sites during the day. But I'll be happy to toss my two cents in on this to those who are trying to shut us down.
Just recently, it has gone from taking about ten days for mail from here to get back to the U.S. to taking around a MONTH.
I for one want to know why, what is behind that and why it's not being corrected.
Smells like disenfranchisement.
Anyone?
That could be a two-edged sword indeed, especially during election campaigns.
So if Barrak or hair-plug Joe makes an untrue statement, they are subject to arrest as well?
Anything less is a violation of 'equal protection under the law'.
I can’t understand how anything like this can be legal? The state legislating a political campaign? Help me out here.
I predict a win for Mac in MO. I don’t live there, but if I did and the dam* state tried to tell me what I could say or think about a political candidate they could take their candidate and shove him!
Second, violation of free speech...free to question, free to challenge.
Third, Barack Hussein Obama has yet to prove his eligibility to be President on the very basic level of birth right. We already know he doesn't have the experience to lead the Nation.
Zieg HEIL! Her Fuhrer Obama......
Plus his father was a Muslim, his step father was a Muslim, his brothers are Muslims...
Libs starting to show their true stripes. They must really be nervous. Whatever we’re doing we need to do it some more because it looks like it’s starting to work.
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