That's my whole problem with it. A law like this is just wide open to misuse, and to intimidate political opponents. If you don't like what your opponent says, accuse him of breaking the "Election Ad" law, and sic the police on him! That's just craziness.
But beyond that, the ramifications are even more troubling than that. If we tolerate this, the day may come (will come?) when the enemies of the church will try to used this kinda of law against the church too, in retaliation for "hate speech", or preaching they find offensive.
I'm convinced.. this is a step in the wrong direction. This is a step toward dictatorship and totalitarianism.
this is not new for Barak Obama. The guy worked hard to get all of his compitition toss out when he ran for ill state legisature. his campaign poured over every single petition signature and went to court to get enough tossed so the he could run unopposed.
then when he ran for the senate, his people used the law to unseal divorce records of his opponent so he could get dirt on the guy that sunk his campaign.
This is his version of "new politics". it will get worse. and once he is in, you can bet people will go to jail that are his political enemies.
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I wasn't clear on the meaning of your previous post.
I was wondering if perhaps you were trying to offer a rationalization for the Democrats' position on this.
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Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, 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.
“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.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.”
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