Nov 15 2008
Where’s the ACLU on this?
I thought the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was supposed to be about protecting the civil liberties of all persons? I guess not! I haven’t heard any news reports about the ACLU taking up this cause - I guess because it happened to a conservative guy:
Joe the Plumber case still Dripping
Yup - that Joe the Plumber! Well, apparently there were six different state agencies who looked in to his personal records during the election cycle after he was able to get Obama to admit that he’s a socialist.
I would consider this a huge invasion of privacy on behalf of the government. The government agencies had absolutely no right to be delving in to this guys public records at all.
The report linked above indicates they know for sure that the Department of Job and Family Services, The Ohio Department of Taxation, and The Ohio Attorney General did searches the day after the debates. Go ahead and read that article - they are claiming reasons of privacy for not disclosing why they conducted the searches - WTF? They’re trying to make excuses and reasons for validating their searches.
They are so full of it that it’s not even funny! Seriously, ACLU! Where the hell are you on this one? I guess if he was trying to force his ex-wife to get an abortion you’d be all over that and trying to support him in his quest. Or, better yet, had they done a search and found out he was a pedophile and a paying member of NAMBLA there would already have been a lawsuit filed against the state of Ohio.
I absolutely agree! The delving into Joe’s records in reprehensible - I read a similar story from another newspaper where the reporter noted that the actions of the Attorney General of Ohio were protected under section 215(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act. I remember my father telling me stories of this happening in Soviet Russia, but I never thought I’d live to see the day where an average “Joe” was considered fair game because he exercised his Constitutional rights as a citizen to ask questions of candidates. I hope the entire Act is overturned before its too late - if it isn’t already too late.