Obama Truth Squads

In addition to Sen. Obama’s disdain for Americans clinging to their religion (1st Amendment) and their guns (2nd Amendment) the senator’s campaign is emphasizing its disdain for freedom of speech (1st Amendment, again). In Missouri, “Obama Truth Squads” have recruited two government attorneys and various law enforcement agencies to prevent citizens from spreading “lies” and “disinformation” about the senator. They are going so far as to stress that “Obama is a Christian who wants to cut taxes for anyone who earns $250,000 or less per year.” Looking at his limited record and stands on issues, which is hard to do as he is the candidate of “change”, so much so that he changes his positions daily or weekly. In the past he criticized Sen. McCain for saying that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Then this week in a phone conversation with Treasury Secretary Paulson he said that the long term fundamentals of the economy are strong. He is for “change”, after all. But back to the “Truth Squads”, St. Louis Circuit Attorney, Jennifer Joyce said: “We’re here to respond to character attacks.” And St. Louis County Prosecutor, Robert McCullouch added: “We’re here to keep the record straight.” Does not sound like a lot of room for a difference of opinion. I thought liberals were all for open differences of opinion. Oh yes, Bill Ayers was expressing a difference of opinion via explosives, that’s OK.
The introduction of the “Truth Squads” follows attempts to intimidate television stations into removing ads being aired by the NRA-PVF demonstrating Sen. Obama’s and Sen. Biden’s records of opposition to the 2nd Amendment. The tactics are to send “intimidating cease and desist letters” threatening the stations’ FCC licenses if they run the ads. Secondly, they are calling on their followers to contact the station managers demanding these ads not be run or demanding equal rebuttal time. Sounds like the “Fairness Doctrine” that the Obamaessiah is opposed to, so much for the 1st Amendment, the rule of law, and the liberal idea of open discourse.
To quote Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt: “This abuse of law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of (Thomas) Jefferson…..The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCullouch, 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, email, and daily conversation about the election.”
This is the type of behavior you would expect from Ahmadinejad, Castro, Chavez, and Kim Jung Il. No wonder Obama is so willing to talk to these dictators without pre-condition. And on the Obama webpage we find this: Obama supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions.
And from a July 2007 video interview: In July of 2007, Barack Obama was asked by a video questioner: "Would you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea?....."
"I would," he answered.