Yesterday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said on Fox
News: “This White House supports free speech.” Now, it is hardly
comforting to know we have a White House that feels it has to defend
that position. It’s akin to saying, ‘this White House supports oxygen,’
but the behavior of senior White House officials over the past few
weeks has brought us to this point. A concerted and coordinated effort
against cable news channels and their personalities; radio hosts and
regular citizens from every walk of life has made Americans across the
country fearful of a vengeful Obama administration.
By now, it is common knowledge that the White House asked neighbors to
report other neighbors who may disagree. They defended their White
House “list” by saying that names wouldn’t be kept. Well, either
they’re keeping a list or they’re destroying public records, but either
way something wrong is occurring. America agreed.
Then the White House introduced the term “Astro Turf” into our August
lexicon by accusing soccer moms, senior citizens, students and regular
concerned Americans of getting on buses and disrupting the left’s
attempt to overhaul one sixth of our economy without opposition.
Speaker Pelosi jumped in on this attack referencing swastikas, and
Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA) calling protesters “brown shirts.”
Townhalls are apparently supposed to be lovefests as demonstrated by
the President’s pep rally yesterday in Portsmouth, NH.
Well these attacks didn’t work either. Instead, townhalls grew more
crowded and those folks were able to capture on video Members of
Congress taking cell phone calls during questions, refusing to speak to
their constituents and union intimidation. So now what? Well if you
can’t silence the people, silence the news. The White House yesterday
pivoted to blaming Fox News and cable networks for the problem of
dissent. A straw man that they have successfully attacked in the past.