Monday, September 29, 2008

Obamas Truth Squads

By now everybody has heard about Obamas attempt to silence his critics notably in Missouri, using the kind of ham-handed techniques normally found in places like Russia or Cuba. Governor Blunt of Missouri was not pleased:

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.

Which is the kind of forthright statement I would hope to hear from someone looking out for the people.

What I missed was any suggestion that any of the culprits should lose their jobs for this bit of malfeasance.
I suppose when you're governor you have to observe some modicum of decorum. If it had been me, I would have figured out how to work something about Tar and Feathers into the statement. Subtly, of course.

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