Barack Obama's Intimidation Tactics Continue

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The Obama campaign had its supporters confront WGN Radio in Chicago last week for having a critic of the Democratic presidential nominee on its air.

The Chicago Tribune reports Obama supporters besieged the station with thousands of phone calls and e-mails in an effort to force the cancellation of an interview with columnist Stanley Kurtz. The campaign e-mailed supporters saying: "WGN Radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist fears... pushing lies, distortions and manipulations about Barack and University of Illinois professor William Ayers."

A producer at WGN Radio said, "I got the feeling they were trying to intimidate us." It didn't work. The interview aired.

Kurtz — a Harvard PhD who is now a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford — has written for The Wall Street Journal and The Weekly Standard. A recent article he wrote for The National Review drew the ire of the Obama campaign because it examined Obama's ties to Ayers, a 1960s and '70s terrorist leader whose followers — among other things — tried to blow up the U.S. Capitol.

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[siouxweety]

A snake is still a snake no matter how you dress it up.

[agentpolsky]

Obama definitely HAS had ties to Ayers, whether or not he has them now.

[cjh8]

But most often, people will believe a rumor before they believe the truth. I'm not saying whether Obama has ties to Ayers or not, but a part of campaigning is controlling lies from running rampant.

[SkylineTime]

I agree, why is it that the democrats are against free speech? Kinda makes you wonder...

[JusAnotherUTuber]

weak