Fridays’ attack on Mike Anthony Peroutka by the political establishment, the Baltimore Sun, and its subsidiary publications is nothing less than character assassination in an attempt to kill his candidacy for Anne Arundel County Council.
Mr. Hogan’s disavowing of Peroutka, incorrectly implies that he had avowed him to start. Hogan’s campaign manager’s statement, “Those views have never been part of the Republican Party... “ is vague, and lacks clarity about what ”those views“ are. For the Sun Papers to print this story with no evidence that Peroutka is anything but a respected scholar and teacher of the U.S. Constitution, is unfortunate.
If Peroutka is a racist, than why did he give Eric Knowles favorable coverage when he ran for Governor? If he is a racist, than why does he feature commentaries from Robert Broadus? And for the Baltimore Sun to cite the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in its articles, as a credible reference to label anyone, or group, as racist, only shows the total lack of journalistic responsibility.
The SPLC considers anyone who believes in the Constitution and or the Bible as an extremist. The SPLC has labeled the likes of former Presidential Candidate Pastor Chuck Baldwin, Gun Owners of America’s Larry Pratt, and Tenth Amendment Center’s Michael Boldin for its Hate Watch. They also paint great people like libertarian blogger, Lew Rockwell, and Judge Napolitano as extremists. SPLC even consulted with Homeland Security to label: pro-lifers, third party activists, and patriots as a threat. Without racist statements SPLC’s portrayal of the League of the South as a “hate group” is just another meaningless label.
This is yellow journalism at its worst, aimed at one of Maryland’s finest constitutional statesman.
