{"id":41322,"date":"2014-01-24T06:54:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T12:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=41322"},"modified":"2014-01-24T12:20:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T18:20:16","slug":"the-conservative-archipelago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=41322","title":{"rendered":"The Conservative Archipelago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama continues to work through his enemies list. \u00a0Historian and author Dinesh D’Souza is being indicted today<\/a> on a piddly campaign finance charge:<\/p>\n

D’Souza first learned he was being investigated in the middle of 2013, several months after 2016 had earned $33 million at the box office and become the second-most-popular political documentary in U.S. history. The film included an interview with Obama’s half-brother, George Obama, who was mildly critical of the president.<\/p>\n

Molen says D’Souza is being singled out for “an alleged minor violation” in the same way the IRS reportedly targeted conservative Tea Party groups for retribution. “In light of the recent events and the way the IRS has been used to stifle dissent, this arrest should send shivers down the spines of all freedom-loving Americans,” Molen says.<\/p>\n

D’Souza was in San Diego working on his next film and book, each to be called America, when he was informed he was about to be indicted and that he should fly to New York and turn himself in to authorities. The indictment came late Thursday, according to those with knowledge of the situation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Look for a lot more of these political prosecutions in the next two years.<\/p>\n

When people say “there’s no difference between the parties”, just answer “George W. Bush didn’t sic the IRS and the FEC on their opponents. \u00a0And I really doubt Mitt Romney would have, either”.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:\u00a0 The WaPo reminds us <\/a>that John Edwards donor, accused of the precise same crime for the exact same amount, was prosecuted for\u00a0a misdemeanor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Straw-donor cases have been brought against prominnent individuals from time to time. For example, in 2011, a prominent Los Angeles attorney, Pierce O\u2019Donnell, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor chargest of making $20,000 in donations to the presidential campaign of former Sen. John Edwards and reimbursing straw donors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just saying.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2:\u00a0 John Hinderaker at Power Line <\/em>– an actual lawyer – on the Obama Administration’s larger pattern of gangster behavior<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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