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 *If* That's the J6 Pipe Bomb Suspect, This Story Has Taken Another Wild Turn Matt Vespa Trump Tariffs Will Pay $2,000 Check to Many Americans, President Says Scott McClallen DOJ Is Trying to Investigate Stephen Miller's Doxxer – Democrat Officials Are Trying to Stop Them Jeff Charles Schumer Retreated Mid-Questioning When Pressed on Written ACA Fix Scott McClallen Here's How an Actor Just Ended the Case for Reparations Amy Curtis Chicago Declares War on Faith Kevin McCullough Trending on Townhall Videos Advertisement Trending on Townhall Media 1 John Harwood Learns the Hard Way NEVER Pick a Fight with a MAMA-BEAR Who Keeps Receipts in Heated Debate 2 'Read Your Book, So You Got One Purchase on Amazon This Week': Bessent Cooks Stephanopoulos on Shutdown 3 *If* That's the J6 Pipe Bomb Suspect, This Story Has Taken Another Wild Turn Advertisement Most Popular Trump Tariffs Will Pay $2,000 Check to Many Americans, President Says DOJ Is Trying to Investigate Stephen Miller's Doxxer – Democrat Officials Are Trying to Stop Them Schumer Retreated Mid-Questioning When Pressed on Written ACA Fix Here's How an Actor Just Ended the Case for Reparations *If* That's the J6 Pipe Bomb Suspect, This Story Has Taken Another Wild Turn Matt Vespa Advertisement
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