LMAO, Anyone with a brain knew that the response was to refute the lie with the truth.
Another 'hollow' victory. Hell, this article was a lie, no one said they were going to take anyone to court. I posted this the first echo cycle this BS came out. On Sep 30, 6:24 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Missouri law officials, including public prosecutors, who were > reportedly planning to "respond immediately" to any misleading > advertisements against Barack Obama if they "might violate Missouri > ethics laws," have now backed off the intimidating implications of > that report, promising that they have no intention of prosecuting > anyone. > > As WND reported, prosecuting attorneys Bob McCulloch and Jennifer > Joyce originally announced on KMOV-TV in St. Louis their participation > in Obama's "Truth Squad," pledging to defend the candidate from > untruthful ads with an undefined "immediate" response. > > "Whether it is directly attributable to the (McCain) campaign or to > one of the soft money operations," McCulloch told the station, "if > they're not going to tell the truth, somebody's got to step up and > say, 'That's not the truth. This is the truth.'" > > The move prompted Missouri's governor to object that the prosecutors > were using "police state tactics" to squelch information hurtful to > the Obama campaign. > > "What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond > words," wrote Gov. Matt Blunt in a statement. "The party that claims > to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and > offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of > prosecution and criminal punishment." > > A spokesperson for St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, > however, told WND that the televised "Truth Squad" announcement was > misunderstood. > > "The only action they would take would be to provide truthful > information to the public so they can make up their minds," said > spokesperson Susan Ryan. "Neither (Joyce) nor anybody involved in this > has any intention of prosecuting anybody." > > When asked if the initial announcement suggested legal ramifications > for "crossing ethics laws in Missouri," Ryan confirmed, "Unfortunately > it did suggest that, but the 'Truth Squad' has no intention of > prosecuting anyone for this." > > Further, Ryan insisted, attorneys McCulloch and Joyce are > participating in the "Truth Squad" as part of their private > citizenship, on their own time, and in no way in their capacity as > prosecutors. > > "That's not how they announced it," objected Gov. Blount in an > interview on Fox TV's "America's Newsroom" talk show. "They rolled it > out as prosecutors willing to take actions as prosecutors." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
