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Obama, Clinton Want To Enforce 'Correct' Thinking In America
IBD ^ | May 20, 2015 | VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

Posted on 05/21/2015 1:29:49 PM PDT by yoe

What happens when the public does not wish to live out the utopian dreams of its elite leaders?

[snip] How, then, do politically correct planners force the people to think and act properly when they push back?

Extra-legal executive orders can help a president bypass supposed troglodytes in Congress and among the public.

Obama granted blanket amnesties, proposed rules that would lead to the closure of many coal plants and arbitrarily chose which health or labor statutes should be enforced and at what times.

A filmmaker was even jailed on a trumped-up probation charge after making a video about Islam.....

[snip] As Obama put it: "We're going to have to change how our body politic thinks, which means we're going to have to change how the media reports on these issues, and how people's impressions of what it's like to struggle in this [economy looks like."

Given the First Amendment, how can the president "change" the media?........

(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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To: yoe

The old grey lady says..

First Batch of Hillary Clinton Emails Captures Concerns Over Libya

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/us/politics/first-batch-of-hillary-clinton-emails-captures-concerns-over-libya.html

sugar coated perhaps.. but Hey.. The witch has flown the coop.. and is fair game.


21 posted on 05/21/2015 4:56:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: yoe

Always brilliant VDH.


22 posted on 05/21/2015 7:13:10 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: yoe

bump


23 posted on 05/21/2015 9:57:50 PM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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