Under pressure from the left, organizers disinvite Palin from anti-Iran rally after Hillary Cancelled.



She was willing to go but the Democrats didn’t want to share a spotlight http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/1...ight-be-there/ with her. So rather than let her attend and use her presence to drum up attention for the cause they’re ostensibly there to advance, the left muscled the organizers into canceling all politicians’ invites.

Party Over Country: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmi...ran_rally.html


Don’t blame Hoenlein. He can’t afford to alienate those groups and he absolutely shouldn’t cancel the rally in protest. Lay this at Obama’s feet. John Batchelor, who’s pals with Hoenlein, hints heavily in this post from this morning that Hillary was ready to go until The One leaned on her to skip it. Over to McCain for his reply: http://dmm.broadchoice.com/www.johnb...4696,10508,518

Don’t blame Hoenlein. He can’t afford to alienate those groups and he absolutely shouldn’t cancel the rally in protest. Lay this at Obama’s feet. John Batchelor, who’s pals with Hoenlein, hints heavily in this post http://dmm.broadchoice.com/www.johnb...4696,10508,518 from this morning that Hillary was ready to go until The One leaned on her to skip it. Over to McCain for his reply:

Indeed, although given that the extent of his commitment to stopping Iran from getting the bomb remains an open question, that’s really not a rally he or his lackeys belong at. As for McCain and Palin, they should show up anyway. Don’t ask to address the crowd, as it’ll only put Hoenlein on the spot and distract from the mission of the event. Just swing by for a few minutes to show support for the cause. Let the public draw its own conclusions. Exit question: Does the name “Robert Wexler” ring a bell, incidentally? If you doubt whether Obama was flipping the bird to McCain by choosing him as a possible surrogate to attend the rally, refresh your memory. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...589734,00.html

How is it a violation of their tax-exempt status if they’ve invited Democrats to be there? I suspect you’ll find the list of speakers at Planned Parenthood events mighty thin on Republicans and their tax exemption’s not at risk, needless to say.

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It is an absolute disgrace that the Obama campaign has politicized a bipartisan protest against Iran. Obama a uniter? HE IS A DIVIDER, this is case in point. What a scumbag. Obama is as bad as Ayers Wright and Rezco, he just proved it this week.

I wonder why any politician would want to attend a rally against another country. We condemn it when we see anti-American rallies around the world so why would we want to engage in the same activities. While we may not agree with the actions or rhetoric of other government's it is counter productive for politicians to become involved in rallies opposing them. It's fine for the People to meet peacefully in protest but politicians need to rise about the quagmire.

It is the responsibility of our politicians to resolve our differences with other nations and they cannot do that if they engage in demonizing those countries.

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Typical useless blather from a liberal. Iran's president Ahmadinejad is calling for the destruction of a sovereign nation and we aren't going to protest this scumbag? If people want to protest the US, then they should make their voice heard. But typically they are criticized because of their violence and extremist views against the US for which we are free to criticize them. What is the problem here?

UPDATE!:

Report: Organizers of Iran rally threatened with loss of tax-exempt status if they invited Palin

Name ‘em and shame ‘em. http://wcbstv.com/local/clinton.pali....2.821565.html Seriously. Fox News and the Journal should be all over this. Judging from the number of Democrats quoted in the piece as being upset about it, there’s no shortage of people willing to leak. Let’s find out who, precisely, decided that inviting a prominent Republican to a nonpartisan rally might warrant a visit from the IRS.

And then, in the words of a famous cult leader, let’s get in their faces. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&type=politics

NBC wrote about the tax-exemption issue two days ago http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archi...8/1421633.aspx but they made it sound like something the organizers had taken up of their own accord. Quote from an unnamed official involved: “The IRS is very clear, Hillary Clinton does not equal Sarah Palin… You have to have equal representation of candidates.” You do? Here’s the speaker list http://www.ujafedny.org/site/c.ggLUI...ian_Threat.htm from last year’s anti-Iran rally at the UN. Scott Garrett is a Republican congressman; as far as I know, every other pol on the list is a Democrat. As for the Obama camp’s role in this, John Batchelor, who’s pals with rally organizer Malcolm Hoenlein, hints here http://dmm.broadchoice.com/www.johnb...4696,10508,527 that they weren’t directly involved in the nastiness because, as usual, they had surrogates willing to do their dirty work for them. Fine. As I say: Let’s find out which Democratic lawyers, precisely, arrived at the very novel legal conclusion that inviting both parties to a rally to which only one party RSVPs amounts to politicking in breach of one’s tax exemption. And then let’s ask St. Barack why he couldn’t find one person on his side — apart from the guy who called Palin a Nazi sympathizer a few weeks ago, of course — willing to speak at this rally to “balance” the ticket.
Exit question: Isn’t there something oddly familiar about all this? Exit answer: Yes there is. http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/0...r-path-to-911/

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There should be little doubt the the Chicago thug politicians had their hands all over this "threat". I agree that this should be investigated fully. Obama needs to be exposed for the corrupt politician that he is and even worse, he is providing comfort and aid to his buddy Ahmadinejad.

Really? Then, as a citizen who clearly respects the law, I'm sure you're equally incensed about Gov. Palin's refusal to obey lawful subpoenas in the "Troopergate" scandal in Alaska???

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Let's compare the severity of what we are dealing with here. Comfort and protection to a rogue dictator calling for the destruction of another sovereign country or the firing of an individual proven to be working against his boss's interest (lobbying for earmarks that Palin denied - that was the reason given for his termination in case you were unaware) but accused of being fired for not keeping a child abuser and murder threatening person out of the state trooper department. Hmmmm, I am going to have to pound Obama