Quote of the Day
When taking office, the President does not swear to create jobs. He does not swear to “grow the economy.” He does not swear to institute “fairness.” The only oath the President takes is this one:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
By sending — literally — brownshirted enforcers to engage in — literally — a midnight knock at the door of a man for the non-crime of embarrassing the President of the United States and his administration, President Obama violated that oath. You can try to pretty this up (It’s just about possible probation violations! Sure.), or make excuses or draw distinctions, but that’s what’s happened. It is a betrayal of his duties as President, and a disgrace.
– Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit.com on “Why Barack Obama Should Resign.”
Read. The. Whole. Thing.
Update: “By the way, they usually don’t stop at just one midnight knock on the door.”
Glenn only very rarely blogs at essay length. It makes something like this so much more effective and impactful than it would be anywhere else.
They told me if I voted for John McCain the (White) House Un-American Activities Committee V2.0 would start blacklisting filmakers again and they were right!
Ed, I’m so spitting mad I can barely type. I never ever EVER want to hear the Left caterwauling about the Hollywood Ten, the blacklist, HUAC, or McCarthy again.
Hit them with Alinsky’s Rule #4. The Hollywood Blacklist has been the Left’s sacred Passover story for the past 50 plus years . Now THEY’RE the ones doing it. Make them live up to their own holy scripture.
Remember Obama’s fumble when taking the Oath?
Yeah, that was probably nothing…
I don’t know how one can avoid Going Godwin here.
The Government just perp walked the First Amendment in a midnight raid.
They made sure to parade it in front of the Völkischer Beobachter cameras to satisfy the bloodlust of enemies of our Constitution. And, the rest of the media….but, I repeat myself.
Not one question will be asked, not one investigative “reporting” effort will be launched.
Co-conspirators in the Gang of 500, JournOlista’s, the Völkischer Beobachter will find a way to blame Romney, the Tea Party, conservatives, white males, Judeo-Christian faithful, Israel, and George Bush.
Obama used to say that the Constitution is a living, breathing document.
No longer.