Obama: "Silence the critics, I say!"

I've been trying to figure out if it's scary or just silly. Maybe it's both. The president of the United States has (clearly) instructed his minions to go out and try to silence and/or discredit the only news station that commits the egregious sin of sometimes disagreeing with his policies, or, even worse, criticizing him. Anyone who believes that this is not an Obama approved (or directed) assault is...well, naive to the extreme. David Axelrod states (on a carefully picked TV cast) that Fox news is not a news operation, and should not be viewed as such. Anita(don't you just love Mao?)Dunn attacks Fox news for mistruths (without stating any). Robert Gibbs, repeats the attacks on Fox, while Rahm (The Enforcer) Emanuel, strongly suggests that other news networks not run anything that is on Fox (am I making myself clear?). All this in the space of a few days.


All presidents have had spats with, and complained about the media at some time during their tenures. But this is unprecedented. This is a thinly veiled, coordinated, president approved initiative to discredit, intimidate and shut off dissent. This is unamerican, strikes at the heart of freedom (free speech and dissent), and should be publicly rebuked, especially by those liberals who hate Fox News, but love free speech. To be a credible advocate of free speech and dissent, one must vigorously defend those rights for those with whom one disagrees.

The Old Man