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I need some help. Someone’s gotta talk me down from the ledge, assure me that the black helicopters really don’t exist. That Obama isn’t building his own private army.
Check out this article in the LA Times about how Obama is maintaining his grass roots election organization even though he’s now the president. Some specifics: an estimated budget of $75 million dollars a year, privately raised; an email list of 13.2 million eager Obamaites; a mission to put the pressure those who get out of line. This whole thing is not just creepy, but fundamentally frightening. The article lays it out pretty clearly. For example, Democratic lawmakers in Republican-leaning districts might resist voting for an Obama-backed global warming bill. In that case, the White House or DNC could use the new network for phone campaigns, demonstrations or lobbying trips to push lawmakers to stick with Obama. Obama is a smart guy. While we were all laughing about community organizing, he was assembling his army. That is what community organizing is actually all about: creating pressure groups that will harass the opposition into submission. You just need a few million true believers who will do what they are told. We saw some of their activities during the election. Remember William Ayers? Stanley Kurtz of National Review went on WGN to talk about this unsavory relationship between the then candidate and the unrepentant terrorist. The station was flooded with protesting calls. A Chicago Tribune article details how Obama’s private army works: WGN alerts were sent primarily to Obama supporters in the Chicago area but were quickly posted to electronic message boards and Web sites, spreading them worldwide. Many of those who called to complain were from outside Illinois, and they flooded the station’s switchboard in a way a WGN producer called “unprecedented.”
I don’t know how often WGN allows conservative critics of Obama on the air, but how often do you think they will if every time they do, Obama’s army shows up at their door? It just won’t be worth the trouble. Can anyone say chilling effect? This isn’t the first time a national leader has had a personal army. I just hope they don’t have to wear brown shirts before the American public realizes the trouble it’s in.
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