westernjournalism/are-you-on-barack-obamas-enemies-list/ All presidents have an enemies list: some columnist at a newspaper, a donor to their opponent, a political cartoonist that depicts them as a buffoon. But Richard Nixon took the “Enemies List” concept to a new level, not only identifying an enemy, but using the power of the State to punish them: using bureaucratic and law enforcement bodies to investigate, harass, audit, and even arrest them. Barack Obama, however, has taken this enemies list concept to a new level. Gone are the days of Richard Nixon when this enemies list is locked in a drawer in the Oval Office, consisting of a few hundred names. Barack Obama’s enemies list contains not hundreds, but thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of names. Read more at westernjournalism/are-you-on-barack-obamas-enemies-list/#JxdjuffMyKbhQ5zJ.99
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:24:54 +0000
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