More crying & free speech suppression by the Obama Campaign
Thursday, August 28th, 2008This story out today from the Chicago Tibune. We talked about the Obama Campaign trying to use the Justice Department to go after TV stations, & Sinclair Broadcasting for airing an ad on Barack Obama’s relationship with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers.. Well now they are going after radio as well with reckless abandonment of the 1st amendment.
I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again. If this story wasn’t true, there’s no way they’ve be spending so much time trying to squelch the free speech of others to suppress it. Below is the text of an e-mail they sent out to reporters, asking them to contact the station to convince them to keep Stanley Kurtz off the air, & from talking about the Obama/Ayers relationship.
What’s interesting to me, is that they could choose to sue him for libel if what he’s saying isn’t true, or get some air time to talk about their side of the story. The problem is, they don’t want to talk about it, because it’s all true. They want to SILENCE people mafia style, through intimidation, insults, & personal attacks. It’s not going to work. Here is their e-mail to supporters (without their smear on Stanley Kurtz.) If you want to read that, it’s at the link above. I’m not putting it on my site, because much of it is completely untrue.
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Text of the e-mail the Obama campaign sent to supporters:
August 28, 2008
In the next few hours, we have a crucial opportunity to fight one of the most cynical and offensive smears ever launched against Barack.
Tonight, WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears. He’s currently scheduled to spend a solid two-hour block from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. pushing lies, distortions, and manipulations about Barack and University of Illinois professor William Ayers.
Tell WGN that by providing Kurtz with airtime, they are legitimizing baseless attacks from a smear-merchant and lowering the standards of political discourse.
Call into the “Extension 720″ show with Milt Rosenberg at (312) 591-7200
(Show airs from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. tonight)
Then report back on your call at http://my.barackobama.com/WGNstandards
Kurtz has been using his absurd TV appearances in an awkward and dishonest attempt to play the terrorism card. His current ploy is to embellish the relationship between Barack and Ayers.
Just last night on Fox News, Kurtz drastically exaggerated Barack’s connection with Ayers by claiming Ayers had recruited Barack to the board of the Annenberg Challenge. That is completely false and has been disproved in numerous press accounts.
It is absolutely unacceptable that WGN would give a slimy character assassin like Kurtz time for his divisive, destructive ranting on our public airwaves. At the very least, they should offer sane, honest rebuttal to every one of Kurtz’s lies.
Kurtz is scheduled to appear from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the Chicago market.
Calling will only take a minute, and it will make a huge difference if we nip this smear in the bud. Confront Kurtz tonight before this goes any further:
http://my.barackobama.com/WGNstandards
Please forward this email to everyone you know who can make a call tonight.
Keep fighting the good fight,
Obama Action Wire
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I guess in Obama’s mind, trying to suppress the speech of the opposition is “the good fight”. Well if he wants a “fight”, we’ll keep bringing it to him.
Boy are the Obama people terrified by the Ayers revelations. They are pulling out the gestapo tactics now..
http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-obama-wgn,0,3744149.story
~Dan Lee