Posted on 09/29/2008 7:36:49 AM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion
Last Tuesday without any fanfare, the Barack Obama campaign announced Jennifer Joyce and Bob McCulloch, the top prosecutors in St. Louis city and St. Louis County, were joining something called an Obama truth squad.
They plan to respond immediately to any misleading advertisements and statements that might violate Missouri ethics laws.
"We want to keep this campaign focused on issues," Joyce told me. "Missourians don't want to be distracted by these divisive character attacks."
The truth squad's plan is to indentify false attacks and respond immediately with truthful information, Joyce and McCulloch say.
Truthful information like: Obama is a Christian who plans to cut taxes for anyone making under $250,000 a year.
The Obama campaign says prosecutors from the Kansas City area and some rural areas are also joining the truth squad, and Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer was also expected to be part of the team.
"Whether it is directly attributable to the campaign or one of the soft money operations," McCulloch told me, "if they're not going to tell the truth, then somebody's got to step up and say 'wait a minute, that's not true, this is the truth.'"
For reasons that are still not fully clear, prosecutors promising to tell the public the truth have sparked outrage among supporters of John McCain.
Three days later, I got a call from KMOX radio talk show host Mark Reardon. (I'll paraphrase.)
That story you did last night is really getting a lot of attention, Reardon said.
I was off yesterday. What story? I asked.
The one about the Obama truth squad, he said.
Oh, that story I did Tuesday at 6, I responded.
Well, Rush Limbaugh just talked about it, and the blogoshpere has it, and it's getting big. It's really going to get big, Reardon said.
AP
Rush Limbaugh Reardon was correct.
More than 90,000 people from across the country watched my report on KMOV.com. Click here to watch the report
When I returned to the office on Saturday, I spoke with callers from New York to Florida who had heard about Obama's truth squad and were outraged about it.
One caller said he was angry, because people were going to be "prosecuted" and "indicted" for stating their political views.
Another caller said Obama was planning to send police to the homes of elderly women because of their political statements.
A third caller said he wanted information about Obama's "storm troopers."
Members of law enforcement never said anyone would be prosecuted, indicted or punished for saying anything, only that they were prepared to tell the public the truth.
By Saturday afternoon, outgoing Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, a McCain supporter, was also outraged and accused Obama of "police state tactics" that would "intimidate people and kill free debate."
KMOV
In a written statement on the governor's official Web site, Blunt said the basis for his statement was prompted by "news reports."
"The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill open debate," Blunt said in the statement.
Prosecutor Jennifer Joyce said: "We're here to respond to any character attacks, to set the record straight."
"Barack Obama needs to grow up," Blunt continued. "Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations, because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them."
Isn't that what Joyce and McCulloch say they plan to do?
If we follow Blunt's argument, what does that say about his opinion of the John McCain Truth Squad and those responsible for it?
Yes, McCain has a truth squad, too.
A truth squad of one???
Moral equivalence much? The reporter says a response by the governor makes it all right.
I'm so angry I don't know what to say.
You can register at KMOV to log a comment or you can go to bugmenot.com, get a public username and password, and comment on this. The comments are running 20 to one against the idiot reporter.
BO’s Thought Police are at work.
My neighbor is a State Hwy Patrolman. He said guidelines for this was posted on their union bulletin board-what to look for, who to report to, etc..
No, Obama is not a Christian. Why would a Muslim jihad supporter pay his way at Harvard if he were a Christian?
Belonging to Jeremiah Wright’s Black nationalist hate group does not make one a Christian. Fighting for the right to murder babies certainly is not Christian.
Jesus counsels, “By their fruits, you will know them.”
If “prosecutors” are working on behalf of a Presidential candidate and intend to use their office for same, they should be summarily FIRED.
Can you post that remark over at KMOV? That would be very telling.
DFU called their offices saying he knew a printer in SL who was making “Obama is a Muslim” bumper stickers and would they be interested. They said YES!!!!
Scary times.
Promising to tell the truth ? How about calling it what it is : using intimidation tactics by prosecutors to try to squelch free speech.
good commercial: elderly woman saying “I just don’t like that Obama. Something about him makes my skin crawl”
immediately black helicoptors, hummers, and gun toting jackbooted thugs appear “We’re the Obama Truth Squad, and we’re takign you in!” adn they grab her bodily and stuff her into a paddy wagon filled with other elderly people.
then the scene shifts to a vast prison camp modeled after those of germany during ww-ii, showing elderly and children shuffling around dazed. voiceover: “This is Obama’s version of America. is this what YUO want?” black helicoptor flies overhead...
So, assuming B. Hussein IS elected, then WHEN he doesn't lower my taxes, do I get to fly to MO and kick these peoples' a$$es?
Megyn Kelly just reported on this on FOX. She said their email was full of this. She had an Obama goon on the phone defending it saying McCain was running a bunch of lies and a dishonorable campaign. She read the letter that the Obama camp has sent to stations threatening anyone who runs the NRA ads. He avoided the question as to why they were doing that.
Stick on the issues?
Precisely the true “truth” on Mr.O. is a very big issue
Update! They changed the story and pulled the comments!
It now reads:
John McCain’s campaign has a truth squad which includes prosecutors who support his candidacy, according to reports and a campaign source.
Last Tuesday without any fanfare, the Barack Obama campaign announced Jennifer Joyce and Bob McCulloch, the top prosecutors in St. Louis city and St. Louis County, were joining something called an Obama truth squad.
They plan to respond immediately to any misleading advertisements and statements that might violate Missouri ethics laws.
“We want to keep this campaign focused on issues,” Joyce told me. “Missourians don’t want to be distracted by these divisive character attacks.”
The truth squad’s plan is to indentify false attacks and respond immediately with truthful information, Joyce and McCulloch say.
Truthful information like: Obama is a Christian who plans to cut taxes for anyone making under $250,000 a year.
The Obama campaign says prosecutors from the Kansas City area and some rural areas are also joining the truth squad, and Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer was also expected to be part of the team.
“Whether it is directly attributable to the campaign or one of the soft money operations,” McCulloch told me, “if they’re not going to tell the truth, then somebody’s got to step up and say ‘wait a minute, that’s not true, this is the truth.’”
For reasons that are still not fully clear, prosecutors promising to tell the public the truth have sparked outrage among supporters of John McCain.
Three days later, I got a call from KMOX radio talk show host Mark Reardon. (I’ll paraphrase.)
That story you did last night is really getting a lot of attention, Reardon said.
I was off yesterday. What story? I asked.
The one about the Obama truth squad, he said.
Oh, that story I did Tuesday at 6, I responded.
Well, Rush Limbaugh just talked about it, and the blogoshpere has it, and it’s getting big. It’s really going to get big, Reardon said.
Reardon was correct.
More than 90,000 people from across the country watched my report on KMOV.com. Click here to watch the report
When I returned to the office on Saturday, I spoke with callers from New York to Florida who had heard about Obama’s truth squad and were outraged about it.
One caller said he was angry, because people were going to be “prosecuted” and “indicted” for stating their political views.
Another caller said Obama was planning to send police to the homes of elderly women because of their political statements.
A third caller said he wanted information about Obama’s “storm troopers.”
Members of law enforcement never said anyone would be prosecuted, indicted or punished for saying anything, only that they were prepared to tell the public the truth.
By Saturday afternoon, outgoing Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, a McCain supporter, was also outraged and accused Obama of “police state tactics” that would “intimidate people and kill free debate.”
In a written statement on the governor’s official Web site, Blunt said the basis for his statement was prompted by “news reports.”
“The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill open debate,” Blunt said in the statement.
Prosecutor Jennifer Joyce said: “We’re here to respond to any character attacks, to set the record straight.”
“Barack Obama needs to grow up,” Blunt continued. “Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations, because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them.”
THE END!!
The snarky remark at the end is gone along with the avalanche of outraged comments!
I actually asked him if I could do a blog post about it. He said no. I dont blame him. His wife is a cop, too, but not HP..
What was I watching last night? I think it's gone now, but it started with Tina Fey? making Palin look like a fool, then cut into the clip with CG about the Bush Doctrine, again making her look like a fool, and then their coup de grace on that hit, a clip with Katie where she said she'd get back to her, trying to make her look totally stupid. It was about as honest an answer I'd ever heard from a politician. She would find out. I hope she never darkens Katie's door again.
“My neighbor is a State Hwy Patrolman. He said guidelines for this was posted on their union bulletin board-what to look for, who to report to, etc..”
UNBELIEVABLE
My cache must have been messed up. The comments are not deleted. My bad.
“My neighbor is a State Hwy Patrolman. He said guidelines for this was posted on their union bulletin board-what to look for, who to report to, etc..”
Cardinal, are you serious? This is important, can this trooper come out and verify this?
This reporter is stupid as all hell. This pathetic piece of crap would have fit right in working in Goebbles propaganda machine. He is as partisan as the prosecutors that want to enforce their version of acceptable speech.
Their site must be having traffic problems because it’s taking forever to load the full article and comments.
How can 0bama be ahead in the polls? What is happening to our country??
Leftists try to ignore the concept that anything done through the gov’t is done with the inherent threat of the use of deadly force.
McCain’s “truth squad” is not threatening criminal action against his opponents.
“What if I refuse to comply with your punishment for my non-compliance with your definition of truth, Obamites? You have authorized the gov’t to KILL ME.”
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