d,b. I don't drink and drive, therefore I have no fear of being arrested for that offense. And should , for some reason that were to happen, I have no fear of conviction. Same goes for libel, or burglary or bank robbery, etc. etc. NO ONE can be prosecuted for criticising Obama. I thought we were talking about committing libel? You understand the difference, don't you?
WHAT abuse of law? ALL I have seen is some people claiming, without proof, that someone might be planning to do so. Even your article admits that this has NOT actually happened. Show me a copy of these so called threatening letters to radio stations. If a person, company, radio station is such a spineless pussy that they would not exercse their constituional rights out of fear that someone might criticize them ,or even take unfounded legal action, then I guess that's what happens to pussies. Libel is NOT a constituional right. On Sep 28, 2:35 am, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Q] - Oh, now. Would people really refrain from criticizing Obama just > because they fear being, er, sent to prison for it? > > [q] - 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. > > More at the link. Needless to say, no one actually has to be > prosecuted for this to work. Prosecution will be impossible anyway in > most cases thanks to the First Amendment. The point isn’t to jail > critics but merely to price the cost of prospective litigation into > their decision on whether to publicly criticize The One. Add this to > the threatening letters his lawyers sent to station managers over the > NRA ads, the flash-mob smearing of David Freddoso, and the appeal to > the Justice Department to prosecute the American Issues Project for > its perfectly factual yet devastating Ayers ad. Oh, the fun we’ll have > with a deep blue Congress and an Obama-run DOJ and FCC. He promised > you a “new type of politics,” didn’t he? Click the image to watch. > -http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/27/missouri-governor-goes-nuclear-... > > On Sep 27, 11:56 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > d.b. > > > Good. Don't commit criminal libel and you have no fear of libel > > charges. It's like announcing a vigorous campain against druck > > drivers. Don't drive drunk and you have no problems. You don't > > understand the principle? > > > I repeat. Show me the statement by the aformentioned officials that is > > their intention. All I see are statements by others CLAIMING that is > > what they plan to do. > > > On Sep 27, 8:58 pm, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sep 27, 4:36 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Details man DETAILS. SHOW those alleged plans. > > > > No playing dumb, Jimmy Rocket: > > > > [Q] - Missouri Sheriffs & Top Prosecutors Form Obama "Truth Squads" & > > > Threaten Libel Charges Against Obama Critics > > > > More Hope and Change for Missouri... > > > St. Louis and Missouri Democrat sheriffs and top prosecutors are > > > planning to go after anyone who makes false statements against Obama > > > during his campaign. This is so one sided I can't even begin to > > > describe how wrong this agenda is. > > > > It's one thing if they want to keep the campaign fair for both sides, > > > but they clearly only want to enforce the issue for the Obama Camp. > > > > KMOV has a video report on the Obama "Truth Squads". > > > -http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/missouri-sheriffs-prosecute... > > > > [Q] - Barack Obama is used to having his way. Interestingly, he is not > > > a fan of people pointing out when he’s lying about things like civil > > > rights, especially that pesky Second Amendment. > > > > That’s why Obama has a team of hired goons - some call them lawyers - > > > to threaten legal action against those who air his record: > > > > The Obama campaign sent cease and desist letters to news outlets > > > in Pennsylvania and Ohio, denouncing the ads and demanding their > > > removal from the airwaves. All stations where NRA-PVF has purchased or > > > plans to purchase ads have been provided with documented evidence of > > > Sen. Obama’s anti-gun record. > > > > The only problem is that the ads are based on a real, proven record. > > > -http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=9252- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
