The Stop Obama Coalition is a
nonpartisan alliance of American
citizens dedicated to stopping
Senator Barack Obama from being
elected President of the United
States.
The Palm Beach
Declaration
on the
2008 Presidential Election
Version 1.0
July 21, 2008
Palm Beach
The Stop Obama
Coalition hereby states its set of
founding principles as follows:
1. The Stop
Obama Coalition recognizes that
Senator John McCain (“JM”) and his
campaign staff retain full and
complete authority for the conduct
of the senator’s presidential
campaign.
2. Pursuant to
the First Amendment, the American
People have a separate and
independent right to participate in
and influence the 2008 presidential
campaign.
3. The Stop
Obama Coalition is completely
independent of and entirely separate
from the JM campaign.
4. The Stop
Obama Coalition is nonpartisan and
is open to Democrats, Republicans
and independents.
5. We believe
that racial issues or appeals to
racial identification should not be
issues in the 2008 presidential
campaign. Therefore, constant
references to the “historic”
candidacy of Senator Barack Obama
(“BO”) are a distraction and create
racial tension and backlash. The
candidates’ qualifications and
experience should be the sole
criteria for election.
6. We believe
that the presidential campaign
should be conducted solely in the
United States; we call on the U.S.
Congress to impose limits on the
ability of presidential candidates
to campaign abroad at taxpayer’s
expense, in the same manner that
congress has limited the use of
federal elected offices and
newsletters by federal officials
during campaign periods.
7. We express
grave concern about published
reports that the BO campaign and his
supporters have targeted blogs and
opposition activity with harassment
and cyberwar tactics. We condemn
proto-fascist activity by any
campaign and call for robust,
uninhibited and unfettered debate
during the presidential campaign.
8. We expressly
condemn the efforts of BO and his
Washington Post-related operative
Danielle Allen to condemn free
speech on the Internet. We reject
her suggestion that free speech on
the Internet should be limited or
restricted in any manner. We express
regard and respect for the U. S.
Supreme Court’s decision in
McIntyre v. Ohio, 514 U.S.
334 (1995).
9. We express
the sincere belief that serious
questions have been raised about the
provenance of official documents
which have been and are being used
to establish BO’s citizenship and
birth status. We call for BO to
issue a declaration officially
releasing and opening any and all
public records involving any member
of his family (including Barack
Obama, Sr.) to full public access,
so that local authorities or
institutions which are repositories
of such records are free to release
them with the candidate’s blanket
permission. We ask that BO make a
public and unequivocal statement and
direction to any and all public
officials and institutional
officials directing them to make
available certified copies of Obama-related
materials upon request. Most
respectfully, we declare that the
burden of proof is on BO to
establish his credentials, not on
his opponents to pry loose official
records which may raise questions
about his family history.
10. We condemn
appeals to bigotry or intolerance by
any individual or organization. We
call for the 2008 presidential
campaign to be conducted on basis of
the public careers of the
candidates, their legal and
professional qualifications and
their career experiences; and not on
extraneous factors which may reflect
personal hostility against a
candidate by any individual or
organization.
11. In so far as
BO is concerned, we declare that the
truth and available facts are the
sole basis for our opposition to BO.
We recognize and confirm that
reasonable conclusions and opinions
may be drawn and expressed from the
available facts, which on occasion
may be conflicting or incomplete.
12. We call for
an end to the media bias in favor of
BO and grossly unbalanced coverage
in favor of BO and against JM by
so-called “mainstream media.” The
media’s use of public airwaves to
provide biased and unbalanced
coverage favoring one candidate to
detriment of his or her opponent is
a diminution of democracy and a
misuse of the public’s airwaves. Our
concerns, however, extend beyond
broadcast bias to cable and other
forms of media distribution as well.
13. Although the
principles we enunciate today are
obviously focused on the 2008
campaign, we will continue to
advocate that these principles be
enacted into law for future
campaigns, such as limitations on
taxpayer-subsidized overseas travel
by presidential campaigns and
candidates.
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Source: The Stop Obama Coalition
Website:
http://StopObamaCoalition.com
Media contact: Andy Martin,
Executive Director
Tel. (866) 706-2639 Cell (917)
664-9329
E-mail:
contact@StopObamaCoalition.com
Blog:
www.StopObamaCoalition.blogspot.com
