Life in a Brave New Obama World
October 21, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290
Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law EnforcementJEFFERSON 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.”
Outrage out West
October 4, 2008
California is still part of the US, isn’t it?
FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FELLOW OBAMACRATS…
Sarah Palin is coming to Carson this Saturday. Two days after the Vice Presidential Debate, she wants to show the world that she can come to one of the bluest areas in the bluest state in the Union and have over 10,000 people show up for a rally for her. This is outrageous!!!
We need to tell the world that California does not want another Bush term!!! Therefore, we are inviting ALL GRASSROOTS DEMOCRATS and all people who want change in this country to come out to a rally outside her rally this Saturday. National media will be covering the rally and this gives us a golden opportunity to share out story.
I am attaching a flyer to this email that I would love for you to forward to your contacts. The more people we have – the better!!! We are also encouraging everyone to make several signs and to bring them with you as part of our rally.
I want to thank everyone for your help and I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday!!!! Remember: BRING YOUR OBAMA SIGNS– WEAR BUTTONS, HATS, WHATEVER SAYS OBAMA/BIDEN. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANY, MAKE SOME. REPRESENT!!!
Dr. Barbara Palmer
Elected Member
Los Angeles County Democratic Party AD55/Region 5
This is the kind of thing they do over at the Obama camp. Meanwhile, when Obama came to Maryland, I thought that was perfectly okay.
Maryland is a state in a free country. And it’s even “blue.” Republicans are actually for freedom of association and free speech too!
Been Visiting, Leaving Comments
September 6, 2008
Addressing comments by this wordpress blogger, polymath who said:
You see, Republicans are the ultimate salesmen. They can’t do very much properly, but when it comes to winning elections they are masterful. And, frankly, they have launched a brilliant public relations and marketing campaign. I don’t think it is ethical, or even truthful. But they are pandering to an intellectually lacking American public, and their goal is to win an election. So, they will use everything in their arsenal to win:
[1] Mocking community organizing
[2] Denying involvement in the Republican party (even though they are the Republican party); It’s brilliant really
[3] Deny agreeing with or helping the incumbents (even though McCain voted with the Bush 90+ percent of the time)
Yes, Republicans are manipulative, sociopathic, liars.
I replyed:
1) No one is mocking “community organizer” except as it’s being offered as a qualification for president. It’s sure one very thin qualification.
2) Don’t know what convention you watched. I saw the GOP delegates being very proud to be Republicans.
3)Backing away from incumbents? Senator McCain thanked George Bush (who is the incumbent, by the way) for having “kept America safe” during his watch. I don’t interpret that as “backing away.”
As to “pandering to an intellectually lacking American public” I don’t see it that way at all. The GOP has not “pandered” to Democrats. I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Anyway, if you don’t like American “education,” the blame falls upon your own party. Dems own the schools. So don’t go crying to Republicans about American intellect. Tell it to your darling teachers’ unions.
I was looking for reactions to Palin and of course Polymath’s is more general, but it’s illuminating anyway as what passes for persuasion in the Lib camp. If Polymath (or anyone else) thinks that Americans lack intellect, they might begin by offering information rather than hysteria. But it’s also revealing to note that some Democrats seem to take a dim view of voters’ intelligence. And I’m not just picking on Polymath, I’ve seen other Dem supporters say similar things today. Could it be among the “talking points” making the rounds of blogs now?
I don’t know. All I know is that Republicans have rather a lot of respect for voters, enough to wish to earn their respect as well as their votes. Listening to McCain’s convention speech last night, I didn’t notice any pandering. I heard him outline his political philosophy in fairly unmistakable terms. It wasn’t sugar coated.
Meanwhile, for whoever wants real information about Sarah Palin and her views, here’s one site to use to begin your research On the Issues. I found some quotes about Palin’s views on education here. I found anti-Palin bloggers saying that she favors teaching creationism in schools, a claim that sounded wrong. And indeed, it is a crude parsing of some comments she made: “Teach both. [Creationism and evolution] You know, don’t be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important, and it’s so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both.” When pressed, however, she elaborated on this comment thusly: “I don’t think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum.” It might be more accurate to say she defends freedom of speech or free inquiry in the classroom than to describe her as a proponent of creationism in school.
These nuances seem to be lost on her critics. Meanwhile I’m not sure if her own views about evolution and biological science are even on record — not that they would matter since Palin isn’t a scientist.
UPDATE: Just found this essay on Palin at Pajamas Media: “Why the Palin Pick was Brilliant,” by Michael Weiss. He takes Palin to task for having any sympathy with creationist views, saying, “The Book of Genesis is not “information” on par with the theory of evolution, as the daughter of any science teacher should know and as a conservative, Bush-appointed judge in Dover, Pennsylvania had the good sense to point out in 2005. “ And he is somewhat uncomfortable with Palin’s defense of free speech: “The New York Times reports that when she was mayor of Wasilla, she recommended the banning of certain books from the public library — a recommendation that she thankfully never made good on but that nonetheless raises questions about her commitment to free speech. Perhaps after young Bristol enters her final trimester, someone will ask her mother what books she had in mind, and why she found them so unreadable.”
As a mom with some qualms about what schools require kids to read, I’d like some clarification about whether that was a public library or a school library — or a juvenile section of the library or the adult section.
