tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post4892056566589745660..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: John McCain: Pseudo-Maverick IIIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-5328364625234777182008-07-22T16:19:00.001-04:002008-07-22T16:19:00.001-04:00He has shown no evidence that he has "followed the...He has shown no evidence that he has "followed the money," or, if he has, that it makes any difference to him <a title="http://www.rdd.su/" href="http://rdd.su"> </a>kaicevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554103531622625901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-24762073827269355982008-07-17T12:42:00.000-04:002008-07-17T12:42:00.000-04:00Tim, do you have any reason to believe that Obama ...Tim, do you have any reason to believe that Obama (or for that matter, McCain) supports freedom of speech? I have seen no evidence such a position.<BR/><BR/>Do you expect a politician to make specific statements such as the following? <BR/><BR/>"I, Barack Obama, call on Congress to pass a law forcing this magazine's editors to submit their covers to Congress for prior review--and if they don't I want to force these editors to live their lives in prison. Aggression is the answer."<BR/><BR/>All the elements of support for censorship by Obama-McCain are in place: They detest the basic rights to life, liberty, and property. They have already supported censorship in political contributions. Nothing that they have said, supports an explicit right to freedom of speech.<BR/><BR/>I would urge you to reject the fragmented empiricist approach. Induce generalizations from facts.Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-40244474745950461152008-07-17T10:59:00.000-04:002008-07-17T10:59:00.000-04:00I have no doubt that both candidates are no friend...I have no doubt that both candidates are no friend of the Constitution, but to date I haven't heard the Obama campaign issue any statement pursuing the censorship of the New Yorker cover. Are you really equating being offended by an (quite obviously offensive) image to being a sworn enemy of free speech?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448042479364648175noreply@blogger.com