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President Obama’s Enemies List
Heritage ^ | 4/20/12 | Rory Cooper

Posted on 04/20/2012 2:30:21 PM PDT by Nachum

In 1971, America was introduced to President Richard Nixon’s “Enemies List.” The President had instructed staff to keep a list of political opponents, and as then-White House Counsel John Dean described it, they would “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”

On the list were notable figures such as Paul Newman (actor), Charles Dyson (businessman), Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), NPR newsman Daniel Schorr and Morton Halperin, a foreign policy expert and father to political journalist Mark Halperin, and others. This secret list was the subject of justifiable scorn in the midst of the Watergate scandal.

In 2012, President Obama’s campaign has managed to make Nixon’s list look quaint, legitimate and even routine. This week, on the president’s ominous “Truth Team“ campaign website, his staff listed the names of eight of his likely opponent’s donors. They were listed in this way: (Post continued below.)

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: enemies; list; obamas; president
Capt. Queeg Obama
1 posted on 04/20/2012 2:30:28 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


2 posted on 04/20/2012 2:31:48 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

http://www.keepinggophonest.com/behind-the-curtain-a-brief-history-of-romneys-donors/


3 posted on 04/20/2012 2:35:32 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: iowamark

Nothing personal, but I don’t want to give web traffic to a bunch of Obama-bots


4 posted on 04/20/2012 2:38:07 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum; tomdavidd; Freeper; Gvl_M3; Flotsam_Jetsome; Berlin_Freeper; Hotlanta Mike; Silentgypsy; ...
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Alinsky in action; more from the article:

This follows a multi-year effort by the ongoing Obama campaign to vilify specific donors to competing philosophical causes and demands that organizations release lawfully protected donor lists or donors reveal lawfully private and personal financial information.

In each of these instances, President Obama has relied on a vast grassroots network to coerce, bully, boycott and vilify individuals lawfully taking part in the political process, just as his own donors and supporters are freely allowed to engage.

There are subtle differences between Obama’s and Nixon’s enemy lists. President Nixon kept his secret, and allegedly used the force of the government to punish adversaries.

President Obama’s list is open and designed to elicit public scorn, shame and rebuke. There is no current evidence the President has manipulated the federal machinery punitively. But the message remains clear, if you support a philosophical adversary, you will face some retribution.

The media has so far given this White House tactic a pass in this administration. What name will elicit a defense of Constitutional freedoms? Must it be one of their own, as was the case under Nixon?

Shouldn’t every American be protected against the heavy hand of governmental intimidation?


5 posted on 04/20/2012 3:11:34 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Nachum

Please put my name on this list.


6 posted on 04/20/2012 3:39:22 PM PDT by maddogtiger
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To: Nachum

Please put my name on this list.


7 posted on 04/20/2012 3:39:28 PM PDT by maddogtiger
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To: Nachum

I’m white with a job so I must be high on the list.


8 posted on 04/20/2012 3:50:55 PM PDT by maddog55 (OBAMA: Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: Nachum

If ALL Americans were paying proper attention, they’d realize that we are ALL on the enemies list... about 350,000,000 of us.


9 posted on 04/20/2012 3:53:48 PM PDT by C210N (Go Newt!)
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To: Nachum

I am very proud to number on the Osama Obama enemy list.

And are we ready for Obama to send the IRS after his enemies? That is the plan, believe it!


10 posted on 04/20/2012 4:04:45 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascist info....http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: maddog55
I am a third generation Spaniard,look European and hate the word “Hispanic”! Now put “white” in front of it and are we no longer Hispanic Americans? This will not end well and we must be aware of the coming danger. n/s
11 posted on 04/20/2012 4:05:47 PM PDT by cameraeye (A happy kaffir!)
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To: C210N

Just think about this, Obuggery is on God’s Enemies List.


12 posted on 04/20/2012 4:09:07 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: Nachum

Daniel Schorr certainly belonged on someones enemies list. I’ll never forget during the Goldwater-Johnson campaign when he did a report from Germany where he tried to link Barry Goldwater with the far right in Germany.


13 posted on 04/20/2012 5:51:35 PM PDT by Larry381 ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.")
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To: Nachum

I assume the list includes anyone on the NFA registry.


14 posted on 04/20/2012 6:02:16 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: maddogtiger

Add me to the list of opponents to Pothead Dictator Obama.


15 posted on 04/20/2012 7:04:56 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Dictator Baby-Doc Barack's obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND U.S. Constitution.))
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To: maddogtiger

95% of the people here are on the list. And we have a space waiting for us at a FEMA camp when the times comes.
See you at the barracade.


16 posted on 04/21/2012 12:41:32 AM PDT by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: LucyT; little jeremiah; azishot
From the article, a new and improved capital crime!

....involvement in the oil energy industry.

This is nothing but pure, unadultrated COMMUNISM!

Careful now, don't go to gas stations to fill gas, don't you dare change your oil AND shut down your electricity, gas and/or heating oil! Remember, you can't drive a vaunted Volt either. Electricity = oil, etc...

Failure to comply with the above would put you squarely on 0b0z0's enemies' list.

You've been warned.

17 posted on 04/21/2012 6:53:57 AM PDT by melancholy (Professor Alinsky, Enslavement Specialist, Ph.D in L0w and H0lder)
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To: iowamark
Is that all they got?

LOL

18 posted on 04/21/2012 12:41:08 PM PDT by 4woodenboats (Obama.....a perfect example of why you can't trust someone that won't look you in the eye)
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