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[RighteousReason]

YOU'RE PUNISHED: OBAMA CAMPAIGN CUTS OFF TV STATION AFTER TOUGH BIDEN INTERVIEW...

[RighteousReason]

The "Fairness Doctrine"

Presidential appointments to the FCC

[luv2increase]

"are you kidding me" LOL That was a classic! The Obama campaign is not used to being criticized by the media. Biden looked like he wanted to reach his hand through the camera and strangle her.

[niner]

How do your buddies in the Bush Administration treat reporters they don't like?

[RighteousReason]

How do your buddies in the Bush Administration treat reporters they don't like?

You mean the mainstream media? lol

[niner]

How do your buddies in the Bush Administration treat reporters they don't like?

You mean the mainstream media? lol

Oops, my bad. The reporters they like are gay prostitutes / fake reporters like Jeff Gannon.

[luv2increase]

This is like Joe the Plumber. Anyone who asks the Obama campaign tough or revealing questions get punished. The mainstream media and the Obama campaign used government computers to investigate Joe the Plumber to find dirt on him just because he made Obama look bad. What happened to the people having the right to ask questions? It is sad that people will be afraid to talk bad or ask questions to their government representatives. Obama should realize that the President is "employed by the people and for the people". It is a gestapo campaign and possibly soon to be regime.


"Sure, you can have free-speech, but you better be prepared to reap the consequences to that free-speach" ---> that defines the Obama camp

[niner]

This is like Joe the Plumber. Anyone who asks the Obama campaign tough or revealing questions get punished. The mainstream media and the Obama campaign used government computers to investigate Joe the Plumber to find dirt on him just because he made Obama look bad. What happened to the people having the right to ask questions? It is sad that people will be afraid to talk bad or ask questions to their government representatives. Obama should realize that the President is "employed by the people and for the people". It is a gestapo campaign and possibly soon to be regime.

You gotta be kidding. Jeff Gannon was a fake reporter, given a White House press credential so he could lob softball questions to Bush. That is the Bush Administration in a nutshell, isn't it? The fact that he's a gay prostitute on the side is Conservatism in a nutshell.

Joe the Plumber is a tax cheat who's happy to let others shoulder his share of the burden. This was uncovered by reporters who were looking at him because he was the new poster child of the Republican campaign. What do you even mean by "government computers"? You're trying to make it sound like some sort of scary government/media conspiracy. Try "public records".

[biknut]

How do your buddies in the Bush Administration treat reporters they don't like?

Bush has actually been very good to reporters that don't like him. I don't remember one time where he's said he would no longer speak to any reporter, or news organization. If you can name one please do.

On the other hand, Obama's campaign has now banned 2 inside of a week just because they ask a fair question about his socialist sounding views on sharing the wealth, and neither time did Biden try to explain.

[luv2increase]

Joe the Plumber is a tax cheat who's happy to let others shoulder his share of the burden. This was uncovered by reporters who were looking at him because he was the new poster child of the Republican campaign. What do you even mean by "government computers"? You're trying to make it sound like some sort of scary government/media conspiracy. Try "public records".

No, government computers were accessed. I hate to prove you wrong once again . What are we up to now, niner; 8, 9, 10 times now you've been proven wrong by me? I hate being conceited, but boy this is too good

Govt. data on 'Joe the Plumber' illegally accessed?
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Government computers in Ohio may been used to illegally access personal information about Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, otherwise known as "Joe the Plumber," according to the Columbus Dispatch.

During their October 15 debate, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain referred to "Joe the Plumber" constantly. In the days following the debate, information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport utility vehicle was retrieved from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times, the Dispatch reported.

With access to such information limited to legitimate law enforcement and government business, state and local officials are now investigating whether the information was obtained illegally. The information was retrieved using accounts assigned to the Ohio attorney general's office, a county child support enforcement agency, and the Toledo Police Department, according to the report.

An Ohio spokesman for the McCain campaign told the Dispatch that the information breach may have been politically motivated.

"It's outrageous to see how quickly Barack Obama's allies would abuse government power in an attempt to smear a private citizen who dared to ask a legitimate question," Paul Lindsay told the Dispatch.

The Obama campaign refuted those claims.

"Invasions of privacy should not be tolerated," Isaac Baker, an Obama spokesman, told the Dispatch. "If these records were accessed inappropriately, it had nothing to do with our campaign and should be investigated fully."

References to "Joe the Plumber" spurred many to search the Internet for information about Wurzelbacher, a 34-year-old from Holland, Ohio, who is, in fact, not a certified plumber.

Both campaigns are attempting to benefit from the interest in the plumber and are paying for ad spots on Google for the search term "Joe the plumber," shown below.

The McCain ad leads to a video, in which Wurzelbacher appears, that says Obama is "not truthful on taxes." The Obama ad leads to the "Obama-Biden tax calculator."

The Obama people are sick individuals. Wow, doesn't an American citizen have the right to ask their politicians questions anymore? Are we living in the Communist Soviet Union or what?