Posted by
Ernie on Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:26:03 PM
Last night on Fox News Channel, I caught an interview which included someone (presumably an ACLU attorney) named Michael Gross. John Kasich was moderating between him and a gentleman who I believe is from Washington State regarding the legality of lying about one's opponent in political campaigns.
First, I had to get past the concept that there could even be such a question.
Of course it can't be legal to intentially lying about your opponent in a campaign! I was shocked that Mr. Gross not only defended it as Constitutionally protected under the First Amendment, but that Mr. Kasich's example of accusing an opponent of being a member of the American Nazi Party or being a sex offender were, without hesitation, defended by this man! I felt a little ill.
It is apparently in the courts now, and the current position pending appeal is that it
IS legal to intentially lie about your opponent in a campaign!
For many years I've been of the opinion that there are people in this country, organized into groups such as the ACLU among others, whose sole purpose is to make a mockery of our Constitution and our founding values so that in time a majority would conclude that it is wholly insufficient, so that they can move forward advancing a Socialist, or even Communist change in government in the United States.
Mr. Gross felt strongly that it is the voter's responsibility to sort out the truth from the lies, and that we can't "sacrifice" free speech by imposing such restrictions as making it a crime to lie in a political campaign. I can't even begin to wrap my head around that! It creates an atmosphere where the best liars gain the advantage, where good, honest people cannot get into office at all, and advances the cause to discredit and abolish our Constitution.
When one takes this little piece of the lefts' thinking and applies it to current events, one begins to see how, in a nation that is basically conservative, there can be even the slightest liberal representation in our elected offices: THEY LIE!
I generally don't read politics, but I've decided to get
Donkey Cons, by Lynn Vincent and Robert Stacy McCain and
Godless by Ann Coulter. I think these two books will help clarify and reinforce what I've been suspecting. At least I have a good level of confidence that these authors are not lying.
I suspect that there are about 15-20% of American's paying attention in society. The rest just go along with whatever their social circles believe. Since nearly all Americans get their educations from public schools and their news from the networks, it's a wonder that
any truth reaches our ears! It seems I've heard survey after survey showing overall conservative values when questions are asked in proper context, yet the voting shows that they're voting against their own values. This inconsistency can only mean that either they aren't paying attention, or that voter fraud is well instituted into our society.
I wish that neither were true, but it's likely that both are. We, as conservatives, possess deeply held
convictions that do not, for the most part, take into consideration personal gain or quest for power over others. We simply want good to prevail. People like Mr. Gross possess an
agenda, which appears to be to frustrate any good that you and I would seek. Opposition such as this requires serious prayer, and it appears that many of you have been doing so for quite some time, because despite all the lying out there, we have a lot of honest people in the majority.
Thank you for reading my first posting,
Ernie
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