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wlotusPUMA PAC Press Release
P.U.M.A. PAC Responds To Malicious Harassment and First Amendment Interference by Obama Supporters
Boston, MA – July 1, 2008
P.U.M.A. PAC, the Voice of the Voters in the Democratic Party, has been the victim of relentless, targeted internet attacks by Senator Obama’s supporters. In an attempt to silence our voices, we have been the target of a focused campaign of internet harassment, vandalism, slander and technological tampering.
On June 25, 2008, a multitude of false ‘spam blog’ reports, all occurring within one night, triggered Google to LOCK DOWN our Blogspot.com site. We still have not been able to access the blog or update our members. It has now been six days that we have had NO ACCESS to our private forum. Our blog is a private forum in which we exercise our First Amendment right to free speech. We use freely distributed software which is available to everyone, and pay the cost of web-hosting to a third-party internet service provider. We know by the email addresses and ISP addresses that these attacks were coordinated and carried out by Senator Obama’s supporters. It is a violation of our civil rights for Senator Obama’s supporters to try to prevent us from making public political statements in private forums – forums for which we pay significant costs.
Since June 13, our entry in Wikipedia has been the focus of repeated malicious attacks by Senator Obama’s supporters, who continue to add racist, sexist, and blatantly untrue statements, with the intent of slandering our reputation and infringing on our right to make political statements. Our entry has been repeatedly deleted against our will and in spite of our efforts to protect it. We know by the email addresses and ISP addresses that these attacks were coordinated and carried out by Senator Obama’s supporters. We have asked Wikipedia to investigate this obvious violation of its policies. Wikipedia has been less than helpful.
P.U.M.A. PAC is the Voice of the Voters. We are a legally established political action committee, protected by the laws and regulations of the Federal Election Commission and the Constitution of the United States. Political dissent is perhaps the most precious of all the rights we are entitled to as American citizens. It is a chilling thought indeed that the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the Presidency of the United States, and the sitting Governor of one of our nation’s largest and most influential states would in any way, whether explicitly or implicitly, condone, coordinate, or seek to benefit from the illegal and unconstitutional actions of those un-American citizens who try to silence or intimidate opponents by attacking their right to publicly dissent.
We organize and promote lawful, peaceful, and effective civil action by US citizens. We never condone or support destructive, violent, or unlawful acts. We demand that our constitutional and civil rights as citizens be protected and respected by our elected officials. We call on Senator Obama, Governor Rendell and the leadership of the DNC to denounce those responsible for these malicious attacks on our organization, our property, and our members.
PRINT OUT THIS LETTER; FAX OR EMAIL IT TO SENATOR OBAMA AND GOVERNOR RENDELL. TELL THEM TO CALL OFF THEIR DOGS!
Senator Barack Obama, Obama for America, P.O. Box 802798, Chicago IL 60680
EMAIL HERE!
FAX: (202) 228-4260
Governor Rendell, 225 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
EMAIL HERE!
Fax: (717) 772-8284
P.U.M.A. PAC Responds To Malicious Harassment and First Amendment Interference by Obama Supporters
Boston, MA – July 1, 2008
P.U.M.A. PAC, the Voice of the Voters in the Democratic Party, has been the victim of relentless, targeted internet attacks by Senator Obama’s supporters. In an attempt to silence our voices, we have been the target of a focused campaign of internet harassment, vandalism, slander and technological tampering.
On June 25, 2008, a multitude of false ‘spam blog’ reports, all occurring within one night, triggered Google to LOCK DOWN our Blogspot.com site. We still have not been able to access the blog or update our members. It has now been six days that we have had NO ACCESS to our private forum. Our blog is a private forum in which we exercise our First Amendment right to free speech. We use freely distributed software which is available to everyone, and pay the cost of web-hosting to a third-party internet service provider. We know by the email addresses and ISP addresses that these attacks were coordinated and carried out by Senator Obama’s supporters. It is a violation of our civil rights for Senator Obama’s supporters to try to prevent us from making public political statements in private forums – forums for which we pay significant costs.
Since June 13, our entry in Wikipedia has been the focus of repeated malicious attacks by Senator Obama’s supporters, who continue to add racist, sexist, and blatantly untrue statements, with the intent of slandering our reputation and infringing on our right to make political statements. Our entry has been repeatedly deleted against our will and in spite of our efforts to protect it. We know by the email addresses and ISP addresses that these attacks were coordinated and carried out by Senator Obama’s supporters. We have asked Wikipedia to investigate this obvious violation of its policies. Wikipedia has been less than helpful.
P.U.M.A. PAC is the Voice of the Voters. We are a legally established political action committee, protected by the laws and regulations of the Federal Election Commission and the Constitution of the United States. Political dissent is perhaps the most precious of all the rights we are entitled to as American citizens. It is a chilling thought indeed that the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the Presidency of the United States, and the sitting Governor of one of our nation’s largest and most influential states would in any way, whether explicitly or implicitly, condone, coordinate, or seek to benefit from the illegal and unconstitutional actions of those un-American citizens who try to silence or intimidate opponents by attacking their right to publicly dissent.
We organize and promote lawful, peaceful, and effective civil action by US citizens. We never condone or support destructive, violent, or unlawful acts. We demand that our constitutional and civil rights as citizens be protected and respected by our elected officials. We call on Senator Obama, Governor Rendell and the leadership of the DNC to denounce those responsible for these malicious attacks on our organization, our property, and our members.
Senator Barack Obama, Obama for America, P.O. Box 802798, Chicago IL 60680
EMAIL HERE!
FAX: (202) 228-4260
Governor Rendell, 225 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
EMAIL HERE!
Fax: (717) 772-8284
