By Tina Grazier
In the past few years weve heard a lot about our civil rights being violated by the Bush administration. In an effort to keep Americans safe from terror attacks like 9/11 procedures were put in place to monitor certain phone conversations without a court order. To my knowledge there hasnt been a single complaint accusing the government of overstepping this power, yet the accusations and references to Hitler and fascism continue. Is it paranoia, politicsor just the way some people think? Consider the following:
Does Obama support free speech or not? Editorial by Staff, DC Examiner
Democrats such as Barack Obama are increasingly showing a disturbing eagerness to invoke the power of the state to silence critics. The latest example of this growing anti-First Amendment mentality is Obamas heavy-handed response to a television ad by an independent nonprofit that raises some very basic questions about the Illinois senators relationship with William Ayers, the unrepentant 1960s terrorist bomber. *** Obamas campaign has encouraged supporters to flood television stations with protests whenever they see the ad. Nothing wrong with that, but the other thrust of the Obama response was to ask the Justice Department to intervene to stop further airing of the ad. Thats where Obama crossed the line and raised a question of fundamental importance does he or does he not believe the First Amendments guarantee of freedom of speech?
Obama is a lawyer trained in Constitutional Lawright? Unh huhso is he just a hot head, is he arrogant, copying the Janet Reno modelor is that just how HE (THEY) thinks?
Bush was acting to protect Americans…the only one Obama is trying to protect is himself.