Tipsheet Obama's Criminalization of Politics Tom DeLay | September 29, 2008 4:50 PM Advertisement "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund BurkeAs someone who has been attacked by a rabidly liberal partisan prosecutor Advertisement and who is quite aware of what prosecutors are able to get away with, I can tell you that criminalizing politics is exactly what the Obama camp intends to do. I wrote about this ridiculous phenomenon from a first hand account in my book: [# More #] It was Winston Churchill who once said, “In war a man dies only once, but in politics many times.” No one who enters public office is surprised by this anymore. Political leadership has always been tantamount to painting a target on your back, and this is even more the case in our media-driven, “inside story”-addicted generation. Only a fool would step on the public stage today without expecting every detail of his life to be exposed, debated, and criticized. This is simply the price of leadership in our time. In the meantime, church pastors are desperate to remove the muzzle that is keeping them from sharing political views that - gasp! - happen to apply to the direction our nation's leaders may take us. When it's a crime in this country to run a radio ad that a candidate doesn't agree with, or for a pastor to provide political counsel based upon shared religious beliefs, we must do something. Join the conversation as a VIP Member Login to Leave a Comment Recommended Democrats Are Walking Into a Minefield Kurt Schlichter This GOP Rep Had a Simple Question for the American Bar Association. It Didn't Go Well. Matt Vespa An Officer-Involved Shooting in Madison Revealed the Dangerous Anti-Cop Agenda of WI Democrats Amy Curtis Mamdani Was Asked About Arresting Hamas War Criminals, and His Answer Was Revealing Amy Curtis Mike Waltz Just Made a Fool of This WI Congressman and His Defense of the Cuban Regime Amy Curtis Is ActBlue Helping Fund Abdul El-Sayed's Campaign With Fake Donors? Amy Curtis Trending on Townhall Videos Advertisement Trending on Townhall Media 1 Democrats Are Walking Into a Minefield 2 Some Little Towns Are Trapped in Their Own Doom Loop 3 A Platneresque Democrat Scandal Hits WI Governor's Race, and You Just Cannot Make This Stuff Up Advertisement Most Popular This GOP Rep Had a Simple Question for the American Bar Association. It Didn't Go Well. An Officer-Involved Shooting in Madison Revealed the Dangerous Anti-Cop Agenda of WI Democrats Mamdani Was Asked About Arresting Hamas War Criminals, and His Answer Was Revealing Mike Waltz Just Made a Fool of This WI Congressman and His Defense of the Cuban Regime Democrats Are Walking Into a Minefield Kurt Schlichter Advertisement
Join the conversation as a VIP Member