We all are painfully aware that Liberals claim to be the valiant defenders of free speech and dissent. We are also aware that the truth is that some Liberals only believe in free speech if they approve the content. Here is yet the latest example of a Liberal hushing up freedom of speech.
The Obama campaign has demanded that signs be banned at a University of Mary Washington speech. Of course the Obama camp has tried to pass the buck, claiming “security” concerns. Nice try Obama, but NO SALE!
NOT ALL COUNTRIES guarantee their citizens the right to virtually unbridled freedom of speech. The United States does. Would someone please tell the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama? And the dozing guardians of liberty at the University of Mary Washington?
Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, is scheduled to speak at a rally at the university today. The public is invited to this forum, on property it, the public, owns. However, signs and banners will not be allowed, according to the organizers and compliant campus officials. Suddenly, UMW is a First Amendment-Free, or at least a First Amendment-Crippled, Zone, subject to the self-serving preferences of politicos. Why does an Obama rally–or a McCain rally or a Nader rally–justify taking a little off the top of Americans’ most fundamental rights?
A UMW spokeswoman says that the Obama campaign required the sign-and-banner ban. That campaign tells us that the ban is for “security” reasons. But a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, responsible for protecting presidential candidates, says that the service has no objection to signs at rallies, provided that no “part of the sign could be used as a weapon”–e.g., a heavy metal pole or a sharpened stick. Finally, the McCain campaign tells us, “We encourage people to make signs at our events.”
So, I wonder how the Obamite sheep will spin this? I doubt it will bother them at all, frankly, none of the other Stalinist tactics by Team Obamassiah have deterred their blind devotion to the One.
Gatordoug
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