Palin Calls Media Criticism of Her Smears of Obama A First Amendment Threat!
Of course it goes without saying that Palin is utterly clueless about the First Amendment. But what tickles me most about this is how utterly typical of the rightwing bully mentality it is. Everything's fine until someone dares lift so much as a pinky finger in response to her bottomless venom. ABC reports:
Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
October 31, 2008 11:25 AM
ABC News' Steven Portnoy reports: In a conservative radio interview that aired in Washington, D.C. Friday morning, Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin said she fears her First Amendment rights may be threatened by "attacks" from reporters who suggest she is engaging in a negative campaign against Barack Obama.
Palin told WMAL-AM that her criticism of Obama's associations, like those with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, should not be considered negative attacks. Rather, for reporters or columnists to suggest that it is going negative may constitute an attack that threatens a candidate's free speech rights under the Constitution, Palin said.
You remember this from third grade, right? The way the schoolyard bully burst into tears when someone finally stood up to them and popped! them one in the old schnozzola?
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