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libertangoSo there's an incipient meme running around the right-wing blogosphere.
To anyone with a memory that goes back before 2001, the implications are a bit jaw-dropping for sheer irony.
Here's an example post of this foolishness, and here's a call and response from a thread I recently contributed to (expanded a bit for this post):
“Obama has recruited “truth squads” in the form of local prosecutors to silence anyone in Missouri who they think is saying something wrong about Obama.”
Well, some half-truths here.
This appears based on this report from KMOV-TV in St. Louis.
Here’s a partial transcript:
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John Mills, reporter: Russell, good evening. Prosecutors and sheriffs from across Missouri are joining something called the “Barack Obama Truth Squad.” Two high-profile prosecutors are part of the team. We met them this afternoon in the Central West. They are Jennifer Joyce of the city (and) Bob McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney. They will be reminding voters that Barack Obama is a Christian, who wants to cut taxes for anyone making less than $250,000 a year. They also say they plan to respond immediately to any ads and statements that might violate Missouri ethics laws.
Jennifer Joyce: We want to keep this campaign focused on issues. We don’t want people to get distracted, and Missourians don’t want to be distracted, by these divisive character attacks. So we’re here to respond to any character attacks, to set the record straight.
Bob McCulloch: Whether it is directly attributable to the campaign, or to one of the soft-money operations, if they’re not going to tell the truth, then somebody’s got to step up and say “Wait a minute, that’s not true. This is the truth.”
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So, apparently, one should only expect a response from these guys if one a) lies, b) violates Missouri ethics laws, or c) both.
It’s obvious why this would have some Republicans worried. After all, if you actually had to run a campaign where you told the truth all the time, and obeyed the law all the time, and behaved ethically all the time… Well, where’s the fun in that?
Yup. Enforcing the law and insisting on truthful and ethical behavior sure is the thin edge of the wedge. It’s a good thing the Republican party is around to put a stop to that naive nonsense. And they have so much experience at being illegal, untruthful, and unethical, too!
Experience really is the key, don’t you think? How could a president possibly serve his country if he didn’t have the experience of being investigated for illegal and unethical behavior himself? Thank god McCain has that experience.
Imagine Obama's jack-booted thugs, running through the land chanting, "Law and Order! Truth! Ethics!" It seems like only yesterday that it was Republicans being accused of that sort of thing. Thankfully, today's more-nuanced GOP has left such divisive, arbitrary foolhardiness behind, and has instead embraced the moral relativism of the 1960s hippies.
Only the moral example and steadfastness of George W. Bush could make this great day possible.
To anyone with a memory that goes back before 2001, the implications are a bit jaw-dropping for sheer irony.
Here's an example post of this foolishness, and here's a call and response from a thread I recently contributed to (expanded a bit for this post):
“Obama has recruited “truth squads” in the form of local prosecutors to silence anyone in Missouri who they think is saying something wrong about Obama.”
Well, some half-truths here.
This appears based on this report from KMOV-TV in St. Louis.
Here’s a partial transcript:
*^*^*
John Mills, reporter: Russell, good evening. Prosecutors and sheriffs from across Missouri are joining something called the “Barack Obama Truth Squad.” Two high-profile prosecutors are part of the team. We met them this afternoon in the Central West. They are Jennifer Joyce of the city (and) Bob McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney. They will be reminding voters that Barack Obama is a Christian, who wants to cut taxes for anyone making less than $250,000 a year. They also say they plan to respond immediately to any ads and statements that might violate Missouri ethics laws.
Jennifer Joyce: We want to keep this campaign focused on issues. We don’t want people to get distracted, and Missourians don’t want to be distracted, by these divisive character attacks. So we’re here to respond to any character attacks, to set the record straight.
Bob McCulloch: Whether it is directly attributable to the campaign, or to one of the soft-money operations, if they’re not going to tell the truth, then somebody’s got to step up and say “Wait a minute, that’s not true. This is the truth.”
*^*^*
So, apparently, one should only expect a response from these guys if one a) lies, b) violates Missouri ethics laws, or c) both.
It’s obvious why this would have some Republicans worried. After all, if you actually had to run a campaign where you told the truth all the time, and obeyed the law all the time, and behaved ethically all the time… Well, where’s the fun in that?
Yup. Enforcing the law and insisting on truthful and ethical behavior sure is the thin edge of the wedge. It’s a good thing the Republican party is around to put a stop to that naive nonsense. And they have so much experience at being illegal, untruthful, and unethical, too!
Experience really is the key, don’t you think? How could a president possibly serve his country if he didn’t have the experience of being investigated for illegal and unethical behavior himself? Thank god McCain has that experience.
Imagine Obama's jack-booted thugs, running through the land chanting, "Law and Order! Truth! Ethics!" It seems like only yesterday that it was Republicans being accused of that sort of thing. Thankfully, today's more-nuanced GOP has left such divisive, arbitrary foolhardiness behind, and has instead embraced the moral relativism of the 1960s hippies.
Only the moral example and steadfastness of George W. Bush could make this great day possible.
