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Friday, April 27, 2012

The President's List

Here is a disturbing opinion piece from The Wall Street Journal about President Obama's enemies list. 

I have said this before, but I will say it again.  Put ideology aside for a moment.  Regardless of whether you are conservative or liberal, you should be upset by the political tactics Obama uses.  You should be bothered by the excessive partisan rhetoric he uses to demonize his opponents, his administration's attacks against the free press, the way he uses the power of the presidency to intimidate GOP donors, his attacks against and attempts to lecture the Supreme Court (a co-equal branch of government), his attempt to politicize the awarding of government contracts, his administration's intimidation tactics against health insurers, his open refusal to comply with Constitutional requirements about obtaining Congressional approval for his Cabinet-level nominees, his corrupt refusal to hold people in his administration accountable for their actions, his politicization and racialization of legal cases that should have nothing to do with politics (Trayvon Martin case, Cambridge police case), and his administration's refusal to enforce laws they don't like.  To me, Obama's corrupt thug tactics and disregard for the rule of law are far worse than his left-wing ideology.

Every time I see a car with an Obama 2012 sticker or hear someone expressing support for his re-election, I wonder.  Are these people simply ignorant about what Obama is really up to?  Or do they know about what he's up to and just don't care?

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