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Why is the Obama campaign trying to infringe of freedom of speech and freedom of the press?

First they've sued to have factual ads taken off the air that highlight Obama's relationship w/ Bill Ayers. Now it's learned that they email and text their accolytes to flood talk radio and overwhelm talk shows with calls, emails and hate language if the station interviews anyone who speaks against Obama.

What's next? Riots and physical attacks on radio stations?

Update 2:

Yes Dar, the article above clearly states that they do it, and they're proud of it.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    If you look back to see how Obama got elected to the Illinois state legislature and the US Senate in the first place, you will discover a pattern of shyster tactics used to stiffle democracy. Obama has 9000 lawyers on staff to try to do it again. This is not what America needs.

  • 1 decade ago

    Pleae, enough with the fake outrage.

    If Republicans has to focus on issues they would never win another election.

    After 2 disasterous Bush regimes, I know what to expect from McCain.

    It will be more of the same: wars of choice, corporate bailouts, fraud, and end runs on the Constitution and first amendment rights.

    And to answer your question:

    Its how we respond to Karl Rove politics.

    You won't get by with swiftboating this time. The issue is responding to circumvent and stop " passing off fiction as biography, a Web site spreading baseless conspiracy theories or a TV station airing an ad that makes demonstrably false claims" .

    ( from your link}

    I totally support this.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Liberals will try to stifle any speech that they disagree with. The Dems in Congress are trying to push through the "Fairness Doctrine" to stifle conservative talk shows just because liberal talk shows can't make it on the airwaves.

    The riots and physical attacks on radio stations? That will come after Obama loses in November.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    More like "Why is this McCain/Obama" campaign not speaking about the 'real' issues of the country, the situation we are in, and they are

    focusing on pettiness? They both are 'avoiding' the important

    issues.

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  • DAR
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The campaign actually does that itself? There was an article that recommended it, saying Obama should 'Ron Paul' McCain, but I assure you that we Ron Paul supporters are not centrally directed. We're spontaneous.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    He is not

    he is just stopping Rush and the folls that rush in behind him from spreading LIES

    Sounds like you are trying to compensate for Sarah Palin telling the world she WELCOMED an investigation on TROOPERGATE

    but

    NOW the G O P wants ALL OF THAT SEALED !!!

    McCain and Palin are

    TAKING LESSONS FROM BUSH - CHENEY on how to subvert justice !!

  • 1 decade ago

    That's the Chicago Way. "Vote Early and Vote Offten"

    What ever it takes, that is their motto.

  • 1 decade ago

    Thats the way Liberals work.Intimidation when your wrong yell and scream and call people names, sorry to say it works

  • 1 decade ago

    did you know republicans are trying to disqualify people from voting if they are losing their house. do a search if you dont believe me, search the term caging, they are doing this in michigan and ohio

  • Granny
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    It sounds like cheating and lying to me.

    McCain Palin 08

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