Obama using government for enemies list

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Registered: 02-19-2008
Obama using government for enemies list
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Fri, 08-07-2009 - 2:23pm

Nixon used government workers to help collect a list of people opposed to government policy. At that time our Supreme Court said this was unconstitutional.

It appears Constitutional scholar Obama believes doing the same for a liberal cause is somehow justified.

I am always amazed at how intolerant liberals really are. Obama wants names, and emails of people who don't agree with him. He even wants children to report parents. Is this Nazi Germany in the 30's?

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-cornynflag_06nat.ART.State.Edition1.4bb4d44.html

Cornyn accuses White House of compiling 'enemies list'

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, accusing the White House of compiling an "enemies list," has asked President Barack Obama to stop an effort to collect "fishy" information Americans see about a health care overhaul.

Cornyn, who leads the Republicans' Senate campaign effort, said Wednesday in a letter to Obama that he's concerned that citizen engagement on the issue could be "chilled." He also expressed alarm that the White House could end up collecting electronic information on its critics.

"I can only imagine the level of justifiable outrage had your predecessor asked Americans to forward e-mails critical of his policies to the White House," Cornyn wrote.

Cornyn was responding to a post on the White House's blog Wednesday in which users are asked to help stop the spread of disinformation about legislation to overhaul health insurance. The post offers an e-mail address, flag@whitehouse.gov, for users to forward anything "on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy."

The White House said the post was merely designed to fight "intentionally misleading" information in the health care debate.

"We want to be sure people have the facts about health insurance reform that will lower costs, protect consumers from insurance regulations that deny them coverage and assure quality and affordable health care for all Americans," said Adam Abrams, a White House spokesman. He said no lists or sources of the information would be compiled.

In his letter, Cornyn asked that the effort cease immediately and that the administration inform Congress what it's doing to ensure that names and electronic information about citizens weighing in on health care are not collected.

Kevin McLaughlin, a spokesman for the senator, said that the office had received no response from the administration.

He said Cornyn had not yet considered whether he would push for legislation to address the matter if necessary.

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Registered: 12-25-2008
Fri, 08-07-2009 - 4:54pm
{shrug}

 


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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-05-2009
Fri, 08-07-2009 - 4:56pm

<<< "How do some of these people get so brainwashed?"


I don't know. It's beyond my reasoning. >>>


I wish I could say my mother is just a stupid person, or something.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-23-2008
Fri, 08-07-2009 - 6:41pm

No,

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-05-2009
Fri, 08-07-2009 - 7:00pm

Thank you for your perspective, and your personal experience!


I won't assume it's just older people anymore!


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Registered: 01-22-2009
Fri, 08-07-2009 - 11:05pm

~Obama using government for enemies list~


Not according to your own OP.

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