Oppo research is part of the political game. But Team Obama is pulling on the latex gloves and waders to pick through the lives of private citizens whose greatest transgression is donating to the Mitt Romney campaign.
Here’s what happens when the president of the United States publicly targets a private citizen for the crime of supporting his opponent.
Frank VanderSloot is the CEO of Melaleuca Inc. The 63-year-old has run that wellness-products company for 26 years out of tiny Idaho Falls, Idaho. Last August, Mr. VanderSloot gave $1 million to Restore Our Future, the Super PAC that supports Mitt Romney.
Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website, “Keeping GOP Honest,” took the extraordinary step of publicly naming and assailing eight private citizens backing Mr. Romney. Titled “Behind the curtain: a brief history of Romney’s donors,” the post accused the eight of being “wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable records.” Mr. VanderSloot was one of the eight, smeared particularly as being “litigious, combative and a bitter foe of the gay rights movement.”
Think that’s bad? It gets much worse. Be sure to read the full article to get the rest of the appalling story. Friendly advice: you might want to remove all sharp objects from your immediate vicinity; this will make your blood boil.
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Blogger and ace Twitterer Melissa Clouthier took Obama’s minions to the woodshed over this:
https://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/200943662698471424
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Melissa is absolutely right: this is governmental blackmail. And it has no place in a free society.
