Citizen Advocates for a  Better America

"Democracy does not work without without truth and there is no truth for voters unless the public is fully informed." - Citizen Advocates

Citizen Advocates for a  Better America (CABA) is an unincorporated association of United States citizens and organizations who seek a better America through, among other things, a better democracy by promoting and encouraging a fully informed voting public on social and political issues. 

We support the efficient administration of government and the proper and effective utilization of resources for the general welfare and for the common good of all citizens. We oppose government inefficiency, waste, and corruption. We select certain projects to advocate for action and results consistent with our purposes. We are political advocates and we are concerned.

We are concerned that the public is not fully informed about Barack Obama

A concern for CABA right now is bringing out certain truths about Barack Obama that have been suppressed by the media and the leadership of the Democratic Party because  of bias in favor of Obama. Among the concerns of CABA are:

•  A pattern of threats, intimidation and questionable, if not illegal, actions by the Obama campaign and/or Obama supporters in the 2008 Presidential Campaign.

• That Barack Obama and his campaign have inspired, condoned, ratified and/or approved threats, intimidation and questionable, if not illegal, actions to obtain the Democratic nomination.

• That the leadership of the Democratic Party participated in the suppression of questionable unfair unethical practices by the Obama campaign and disregarded numerous complaints about such conduct in order to assure a victory by Obama in the Democratic Primary.

• That Obama consciously and deliberately played identity politics and made race a campaign issue using it not only as a sword and as a shield.

• That we the people pick our leaders and not party hierarchy or the media make the choice for us.

• That media bias for Obama in the Democratic primary and now in the general election prevents a fully informed public and undermines the essence of democracy - the vote. Democracy does not work without without truth and there is no truth unless the public is fully informed.

Is the Chicago way the American Way?
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Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones had courage and conviction in her beliefs and fought for them till her death. It is a sad day in American when she was threatened before her death because of one of her beliefs - her belief in Hillary Clinton. She took the Obama threats very seriously and even had to increased her security for her protection from physical harm.. According to Susan Estrich:

“It should not have taken courage for Stephanie to support Hillary. She knew her and respected her. But it did, more than most people realize. During the campaign, I heard from friends that Tubbs Jones and Sheila Jackson-Lee, another prominent African-American Hillary supporter, were being attacked, viciously, within the black community for not supporting Barack Obama, that there was talk of their being "traitors," of primary opponents, personal threats serious enough to require additional security. I would have written about it, but my friends asked me not to, fearing it would only make people angrier and lead to more threats.”

It is appalling that her unfortunate death took place under threats from Obama or his surrogates. As disgraceful as the physical threats upon her by Obama surrogates were - she was not alone. Congresswoman Diane Watson (D-CA) was also threatened. I am sure there were a lot more.

In fact, more generally threats were made in a very public manner. Donna Brazille threaten to leave the Democratic party, Al Sharpton threatened marches, Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-CS) threatened "irreparable harm" to the Democratic Party, Color of Change - boasting 400,00 members made threats. All these threats were made to assure Obama got the Democratic Party nomination. All of these threats were made openly and publically.

Recently, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt said  Senator Claire McCaskill, Missouri prosecutors and sheriffs ‘have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.’ Governor Blunt also added, ‘Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.

Obama said nothing. Indeed, he relished in the threats and continues various acts of intimidation.  They were the hardball way he learned so well. Obama supported, ratified, condoned, approved and/or inspire all these threats to get his way and nothing is really said.

Can Obama threaten his way into the White House? So far he and his have. According to Cristi Adkins  of Clintons4McCain, "Obama not only trained his representatives to make effective threats but they have gone so far as to threaten peoples lives. There have been personal threats, threat to limb, threats to office, to embarrass or shame, to intimidate, to scare, and to otherwise question people's patriotism,  if people don 't see it the Obama way." 

The documentary “We Will Not Be Silenced” by Viviano Entertainment shows that there were thousands of complaints to the DNC about illegal and improper conduct by the Obama Campaign during the caucuses and it establishes, among other things, falsification of documents, that results were changed, that unregistered people were allowed to vote, that there were threats to Hillary supporters to scare and intimidate them, that they were stalked, and even locked out of their polling places.

Is the Chicago way - thug politics going to make its way to the White House?  There should be an investigation as to how extensive the threats were. We cannot let the America way become the Chicago way.

Are threats change you can believe in?
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Listen to Cristi Adkins - co-founder of Clintons4McCain.com - on the Salute America Talk Radio Show with Bill Lindley. They talk about the use of "threats" by Obama surrogates, supporters or representatives to coerce voters to vote for Obama. Listen now: http://www.talkradiotoday.com/Clintons4Mccain.htm

The issue: Why didn't Obama stop the use of threats by the Obama campaign to get the Democratic nomination? Obama actually trained his people to make threat and use intimidation as part of his campaign methods. You may be surprised.

Can Obama threaten his way into the White House? So far he and his have. According to Cristi Adkins Obama not only trained his representatives to make effective threats but they have gone so far as to threaten peoples lives. There have been personal threats, threat to limb, threats to office, to embarrass or shame, to intimidate, to scare, and to otherwise question people's patriotism if they don 't see it the Obama way. Is the Chicago way thug politics the change we can believe in?

Black Superdelegates Supporting Clinton Face Racially Tinged Political Threats
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Black superdelegates who support Hillary Clinton are facing a crescendo of racially tinged political pressure to switch their allegiance to Barack Obama. See more.

Missouri's Obama Truth Squads (updated Governor's statement)

By Lee Cary on The American Thinker

Last Tuesday, CBS affiliate Channel 4 TV News in St. Louis reported that some Missouri sheriffs and prosecutors have formed a truth squad to target anyone who engages in misleading ad or statements about Senator Obama.

Here's the transcript of the lead on the CBS story:

"Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading television ad during the presidential campaign."

The implied threat in the Channel 4 report is that prosecutors and sheriffs across Missouri will enforce "Missouri ethics laws" and conduct criminal investigations of "anyone who lies or runs a misleading television ad" against Barack Obama.  Although the report did not directly state that intent, that implied message was clearly conveyed.

Two high-profile officers of the court spoke on camera: Jennifer Joyce, St. Louis Circuit Attorney, and Robert P. McCullouch, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney.  No one was available at either of their offices on Friday to comment on the story.

Channel 4 mentions the expected support of Jefferson County Sheriff Glen Boyer in the truth squad efforts. Captain Ralph Brown, in charge of press relations for the Sheriff's Department, could not be reached for comment on Friday.  

Scott Holste, speaking Friday on behalf of the Missouri Attorney General's office, was available for comment. He said he had already been contacted about the Channel 4 report, that the Attorney General's office was not involved in any way with truth squads, and that he found the CBS news item to be "a mangled story." 

Also on Friday, Joe Carroll, Director of Campaign Financing, Missouri Ethics Commission, said that he is "not familiar with any campaign law that applies."

John Mills, the Channel 4 reporter, was unavailable for comment Friday.

Was the St. Louis CBS affiliate complicit in the attempt, by some elected Democrat court officials in the St. Louis area, to stifle free political speech in Missouri on Senator Obama's behalf? 

Update: Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light has posted the response of Missouri's Governor Matt Blunt:

JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.

“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.

“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.

“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.

“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.”

KMOV-TV Report on Obama Truth Squad - No protecion for McCain

Prosecutors and Sheriffs across Missouri will respond "immediately" to misstatements about Obama which violate Missouri law. Nothing mentioned about reacting to misstatements about McCain. See video.

Obama is the One that made race the issue.
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In a year when some would say that no Democratic candidate for President could lose, Obama may have made a fatal mistake that will hand the Republicans a victory. He made race the issue. No secret campaign memo is necessary to prove that Obama played the race card.

On June 20th Obama made race an issue saying, “Did I mention he’s black.” Just last week Obama said three times in one day that he would not look like all the other presidents on the dollar bills."

These recent comments by Obama are just the tip of the iceberg. From day one Barrack Obama made race an issue and has played identity politics to the hilt all the way.

Obama choose a date - on or about Abraham Lincoln’s birthday - to announce his run for president. He chose Springfield, Illinois – a home of Lincoln – as the place to announce. He even chose the very courthouse steps to make the announcement that Lincoln announced his run for the presidency.

And, he spoke of Abraham Lincoln and slavery in his announcement speech. His stump speech always mentioned Abraham Lincoln and slavery at least through the South Carolina primary. And, under a category called “hope” he made sure to revive the images of police beatings, the flailing batons and of the vicious dogs being unleashed upon blacks. He rarely, if ever, missed the opportunity to add “and blacks died.” He said “and blacks died,” “and blacks died,” “and blacks died,” over and over again. Why? On the day of the South Carolina primary Obama, speaking before a primarily black audience, said, “You know how they are. The ole okie-dokie. The bamboozle.”

Spike Lee made clear in the movie Malcolm X that when Malcolm X said something similar that he was talking about “white” people.

No opportunity to exploit race was missed. In December 2007, when Ophra Winfrey was anointing Obama as "the one, her production of the Debaters was released to anger blacks about how whites wouldn't recognize the black debating team as national champions even though they were the best in the nation. Carefully scripted identity politics worked through the Democratic primaries and threats and intimidation may have been a factor in the ultimate result.

Donna Brazille (John Kerry’s campaign manager) threatened to leave the Democratic Party; Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina (third ranking democrat in Congress) threatened “irreparable” damage to the Democratic Party; Color of Change (boasting 400,000 black membership) made its threats; Al Sharpen threaten marches (code for riots); and certain super delegates like Diane Watson (a black Congresswoman from Los Angeles), among others, were threatened.

Obama never objected or even once said stop threatening his party; stop threatening America. He just rode the wave he set in motion and pretended it was others creating it.

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