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Thank you -- although I will say that it's one thing just to be chatting along on a place like FR ("hugh" and "series" and "beeber" to the contrary notwithstanding) and another to present what is supposed to be an essay for publication on a blog or website.

Just like we speak in one way when kidding around with our friends, and another when we are making a presentation to a boss or a client . . . or the difference between a personal letter and a formal essay.

That said, I don't think there's any doubt that Obama has a fundamental problem with free speech -- free for him, but not for anyone who disagrees with him.

And that's part and parcel of his authoritarian, hard left, fascist views. You'll never find a hard lefty who will submit gracefully to public criticism (or private for that matter).