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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: locogringo who wrote (77927)	8/31/2012 10:38:31 AM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Obama Calls for Amendment Limiting Free-Speech Rights By Matt Cover August 30, 2012 cnsnews.com (CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama endorsed a constitutional amendment that would restrict the free-speech rights of political activist groups by overturning the Supreme Court decision in the landmark Citizens United v FEC case that granted First Amendment rights to corporations. “Over the longer term, I think we need to seriously consider mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to overturn Citizens United,” Obama wrote during a question and answer session on the website Reddit on Wednesday. “Even if the amendment process falls short, it can shine a spotlight of the super-PAC phenomenon and help apply pressure for change.” In its decision, the Supreme Court said that the government could not restrict the free-speech rights of organizations during elections, striking down key provisions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. That law restricted how much money independent political organizations could spend and banned them from engaging in election-related speech 60 days prior to a general election. In his concurring opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the government was arguing for direct censorship of political speech, asking the court to allow the banning of books, pamphlets, and any other type of speech the government deemed necessary. “The Government urges us in this case to uphold a direct prohibition on political speech,” Roberts wrote. “It asks us to embrace a theory of the First Amendment that would allow censorship not only of television and radio broadcasts, but of pamphlets, posters, the Internet, and virtually any other medium that corporations and unions might find useful in expressing their views on matters of public concern. “Its theory, if accepted, would empower the Government to prohibit newspapers from running editorials or opinion pieces supporting or opposing candidates for office, so long as the newspapers were owned by corporations—as the major ones are.” Roberts said that the First Amendment did not simply protect “the individual on a soapbox” but the rights of everyone to engage in political speech. “The First Amendment protects more than just the individual on a soapbox and the lonely pamphleteer,” he said.

To: locogringo who wrote (77927)	8/31/2012 10:39:57 AM
From: DanDerr	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

I guess they did not check with MSNBC or the White House Press Staff. Ooops, same thing!!!

To: locogringo who wrote (77927)	8/31/2012 10:50:20 AM
From: Honey_Bee	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Clint Eastwood was brilliant and lovable! But the desperate liberal media is now saying that Eastwood "upstaged" Romney and how could Romney have "let that happen." These Obama sycophant-hypocrites are DISGUSTING! MEDIA STRIKES BACK AFTER DIRTY HARRY DARES TO MOCK OBAMA by JOHN NOLTE 30 Aug 2012 560 POST A COMMENT Newsflash: Obama can't take a joke. But we already knew that. For four long years we've waited, hoped and prayed that some young comic would break free of the politically correct demands of The State and mock Obama the way all presidents and all people in power should be mocked. But for four long years (with a few exceptions) all we've seen instead are cowardly toadies of The State: Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Chris Rock, the cast of "Saturday Night Live"… Since Obama won the presidency, comedy has pretty much gone straight to hell as our Entertainment Overlords morphed into pathetic lapdogs to The State; begging for scraps of attention and affection from Obama, and in the process becoming stale, lazy, dull, predictable, painfully unfunny, and like a needy poodle -- more than a little annoying. Who would've ever thought that one of the men who would display enough backbone and "edge" to finally take it to Obama with wicked mockery on about 30 million live television screens would be 82 year-old Clint Eastwood? Once we learned Eastwood was the night's mystery guest, no one knew what to expect. And anyone who took a guess most certainly didn’t guess that the Oscar-winning American icon would use his opportunity to relentlessly and hilariously mock Barack Obama in front of the entire free world. It was glorious! And everyone I've talked to who was in the hall absolutely loved it. Eastwood hit Obama in every sweet spot we've been waiting for him to get hit on: The incompetence; the lies; the empty, pretentious rhetoric; the inexperience; and that roaring blowhard of a moron Obama chose to be a heartbeat away. Oh, and the empty chair. Other than an empty suit, there is no sharper metaphor. Eastwood also made one of the very best points of the night: WE own this country, and when someone doesn't do the job "we have to let them go." The media, naturally, is furious. They don’t like to see Their Precious One mocked and they also understand the power of mockery -- which is why they keep Stewart and Colbert on such a tight leash. This is why the media has already written 25 stories (5 from Politico) mocking Eastwood. Had Eastwood said the things the media likes to hear with the same nervousness and hesitation, they would've called him wizened and seasoned. But because he mocked Their Precious One, suddenly he's some kind of embarrassment. And now Politico, Ben Smith and CNN are all talking about how they intend to use Eastwood as way to overwhelm Mitt Romney's speech in the coming days. Like they wouldn't have found another reason. All I can say in response is: Go to hell you Obama-shilling crybabies. Eastwood showed more grit and honestly in those few minutes than you water carriers have during your entire propaganda-for-the-collective careers. What Eastwood did tonight was funnier, fresher, edgier, and braver than anything those comedy cowards Chris Rock, Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert have done in 15 years. 82 years-old, and Dirty Harry is still pissing all the right people off. My hero. Watch video: breitbart.com