Tom Corbett Faces Off Against A Bunch of Rick Blaine Wannabes

Have you guys heard about the war going on between Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett and bloggers bfbarbie and CasaBlancaPA? Corbett has subpoenaed Twitter in order to gain “Any and all subscriber information…” on these two, in order to pursue criminal charges. Corbett’s vendetta seems directed more toward the blog they contribute to, which is also titled CasaBlancaPA. The blog sports this catchy mission statement: Exposing the hypocrisy of Tom Corbett.

But in doing so have they done something illegal? As far as we can tell, no. And judging as how anonymous speech is a big part of the first amendment it’s hard to see what legal ground Corbett has to stand on. Then again, it’s hard to see how he managed to get elected (and re-elected) in the first place. Did I mention he’s the leading gubernatorial candidate as well?

Coming after this blog just makes Corbett look guiltier and in doing so has only served to bring more publicity to their cause. Someone should tell Corbett how silencing criticism worked out for John Adams when he passed the Sedition Act way back in 1978.

You can judge the blog for yourself here.

We encourage the candidate to focus on the issues and talk about what his (potential) constituents can expect of his administration. And if Corbett succeeds in his bid to become the next governor then the folks at CasaBlancaPA, to quote their favorite movie, had better “Either lay off politics, or get out.”