Hillary’s Voice

Open Thread (by bluegal at Crooks and Liars)

This is your liberal blogosphere at work, my friends. Any woman who dares to run for high office is SCARY, SCARY, SCARY. The so-called progressives are PROUD of the fact that they’ve made Sarah Palin such an object of scorn that her approval rating has plummeted and her disapproval rating has skyrocketed. How many times have we fought George Bush for pushing the fear buttons of our citizens with his lies? So why, in goddess’ name, would we want to BECOME George Bush? And don’t try to tell me Obama isn’t responsible for some of the trashing of Sarah Palin.—Caro

Is Palin the New Evita? (by Susie at Suburban Guerilla)
Naomi Wolf believes it. She says Palin has been picked as the titular head of the new police state… Me, I’m way past the point where I ascribe benign motives to these people: “Under the Palin-Rove police state, citizens will be targeted with state cyberterrorism. Bruce Fein of the American Freedom Agenda, a former Reagan official, warned me three years ago that the Bush team went after a Republican who had crossed them through cyberstalking: they messed with his email, messed with his phones and I believe messed with his bank account — he became a cyber-pariah, unemployable and haunted.”
Why can’t we just disagree with the woman on the issues, and refuse to make her an object of derision? Why do we insist on helping to destroy any respect for anyone of our gender who runs for national office? But if we’re going to talk about coercive tactics, we’d better be equal opportunity talkers. See below.—Caro

Missouri “Truth Squads” To Protect Obama Campaign (video)

Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt … issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics. “…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. This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights.”

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Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com