Enemies List

21Oct09
For years the political left has joked of Richard Nixon's infamous enemies list. A list of individuals and groups that, for one reason or another, were viewed as being critical of the Nixon administration and were barred from White House functions.

The Obama administration has proved exceptionally thin skinned and quick tempered in regards to criticism, and certainly so when viewed in contrast with the constant assault both the Bush and Clinton administrations stood up to.

Since the beginning of Obama's Presidential aspirations, a political dirty tricks machine has been dealing with his detractors "the Chicago Way", with the politics of personal destruction. Since then numerous high ranking Democrats has come out in favor of various limitations to political speech, and House Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman is seeking speech restrictions with the FCC.

Obama's enemies list has been expanding since the beginning of his administration, and now that the White House is attacking Fox News, even the British media has taken notice. The left has labeled all dissenters as enemies of the state.

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” - Joseph Goebbels