Crimes Against Liberty (64 page)

3
Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen, “Obama Strategy: Marginalize Most Powerful Critics,”
Politico
, October 21, 2009; available at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28532.html
.

4
Michael Barone, “Obama Hits Opponents with Chicago Brass Knuckles,”
Washington Examiner
, October 21, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obama-hits-opponents-with-Chicago-brass-knuckles-8415163-65077847.html
.

5
Sam Youngman, “Obama to McCain on Iran: ‘I’m the President,’”
The Hill
, June 23, 2009; available at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/47261-obama-to-mccain-on-iran-im-the-president
.

6
Glenn Greenwald, “Creepy, Revealing Quote from White House staffer,”
Salon.com
, Jun 30, 2009; available at:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/06/30/white_house
.

7
President Barack Obama, “Homosexuality—Obama Hopes to Persuade All Americans to accept Homosexuality,”
YouTube.com
, November 9, 2009; available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOvNUqf81Do
.

8
“Obama Mocks GOP’s Health Care ‘Armageddon’ Claims: Six Months From Now ‘You Can Check It Out, We’ll Look Around,’”
Huffington Post
, March 23, 2010; available at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/23/obama-mocks-gops-health-c_n_510371. html
.

9
President Barack Obama, “President Barack Obama Remarks As Prepared For Delivery At A Health Care Rally,
CQ
Transcriptions, April 1, 2010.

10
Editors, “On Presidential Rhetoric, Obama’s ad hominem method and the politics of polarization,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 22, 2010; available at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704448304575196121075748664.html
.

11
Dennis Loo, “DOD Training Manual: Protests are ‘Low-Level Terrorism, ’”
Salon.com
, blog, June 14, 2009; available at:
http://open.salon.com/blog/dennis_loo/2009/06/14/dod_training_manual_protests_are_low-level_terrorism
.

12
“Federal Agency Warns of Radicals On Right,”
Washington Times
, April 14, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/14/federal-agency-warns-of-radicals-on-right/
.

13
Steven Ertelt, “Obama Admin Used Pro-Abortion, Conspiracy Sites to Say Pro-Lifers Extremists,”
LifeNews.com
, August 12, 2009; available at:
http://www.lifenews.com/nat5348.html
.

14
Audrey Hudson and Eli Lake, “Legion Objects to Vets as Terror Risk,”
Washington Times
, April 15, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/15/legion-objects-to-vets-as-terror-risk/
.

15
Audrey Hudson, “Homeland Agency Pulled Back Extremism Dictionary,”
Washington Times
, May 5, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/05/homeland-pulled-back-extremism-dictionary/
.

16
Steven Ertelt, “Obama Admin Terrorism Dictionary Calls Pro-Life Advocates Violent, Racist,”
LifeNews.com
, May 5, 2009; available at:
http://www.lifenews.com/nat5019.html
.

17
Michelle Malkin, “Confirmed: The Obama DHS Hit Job on Conservatives is Real,”
MichelleMalkin.com
, April 14, 2009; available at:
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/14/confirme-the-obama-dhs-hit-job-on-conservatives-is-real/
.

18
“Obama’s Team Crosses the Rhetorical Line,” The Foundry Blog, September 1, 2009; available at:
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/09/01/obamas-team-crosses-the-rhetorical-line/
.

19
Jackie Calmes, “Lawmakers Detail Obama’s Pitch,”
New York Times
, November 7, 2009; available at:
http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/lawmakers-detail-obamas-pitch/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

20
“Robert Gibbs: Town Hall Protests ‘Good T.V. And That’s About It,’” HotAirPundit, August 16, 2009; available at:
http://www.hapblog.com/2009/08/robert-gibbs-town-hall-protests-good-tv.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

21
“Democrats Accuse Brown of ‘Radical’ Ties as Senate Election Nears,”
FOXNews.com
, January 15, 2010; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/15/democrats-accuse-brown-radical-ties-senate-election-nears/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

22
Jim Hoft, “Awesome . . . Scott Brown Responds to Elitist Obama’s Attack on Truck Owners,”
Gateway Pundit
, January 17, 2010; available at:
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/01/elitist-obama-bashes-truck-owners-anybody-can-buy-a-truck-scott-brown-responds-unfortunate-in-this-economy-its-no-longer-true/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

23
“Axelrod: Tea Party Anger is Misdirected,”
FOXNews.com
, April 19, 2009; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/19/axelrod-tea-party-anger-misdirected/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

24
“‘Let’s Not Play Games,’: Obama Takes Swipe At Tea Party Protestors,” Breitbart TV, April 29, 2009.

25
Rep. Dave Camp, “Democrats Have Increased Taxes by $670 Billion and Counting . . . ,” Committee on Ways & Means Republicans, undated.

26
Mark Halperin, “Thin Skinned Obama Claims the Press is Against Him,” YouTube, January 26, 2010; available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNHOAMDHmzA
[accessed June 29, 2010].

27
Michael Calderone, “Garrett on White House ‘Retribution’ Against Fox,”
Politico
, May 1, 2009; available at:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0509/Garrett_on_White_House_retribution_against_Fox.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

28
Michael Scherer, “Calling ‘Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press,”
Time.com
, October 8, 2009; available at:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1929058,00.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

29
Jesse Lee, “Reality Check: Turning a Point of Pride into a Moment of Shame,” The White House Blog, September 30, 2009; available at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/09/30/reality-check-turning-a-point-pride-a-moment-shame
[accessed June 29, 2010].

30
Peter Nicholas, “White House Communications Chief Anita Dunn to Depart,”
Los Angeles Times
, November 11, 2009; available at:
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/11/nation/na-dunn11
[accessed June 29, 2010].

31
“White House Attacks FOX News As ‘Research Arm Of The Republican Party,’” Breitbart TV, October 11, 2009; available at:
http://www.breitbart.tv/fox-news-lays-out-facts-after-white-house-escalates-war-on-network/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

32
Michael Scherer, “Calling ‘Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press,”
op. cit.

33
Noel Sheppard, “Obama Advisor Tells CNN Fox Is Biased, Won’t Comment On MSNBC,”
NewsBusters.org
, October 27, 2009; available at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/10/27/obama-adviser-tells-cnn-fox-biased-wont-comment-msnbc
[accessed June 29, 2010].

34
Michael Goldfarb, “White House Saying; ‘We Love MSNBC,’”
Weekly Standard
, May 4, 2009.

35
David A. Patten, “White House Keeps Up War on FOX News,”
Newsmax.com
, January 18, 2010; available at:
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-fox-ailes-hannity/2010/01/18/id/ 346719
[accessed June 29, 2010].

36
Jim Hoft, “White House Blames FOX News For Their Safe Schools Czar’s Slimy Past that Includes Hiding Pedophilia From the Authorities,” (Video),
Gatewaypundit.firsthings.com
, October 5, 2009.

37
“White House Tries to Bar FOX News From Interviewing Pay Czar,”
Real Clear Politics
Video, October 22, 2009; available at:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/10/22/white_house_tries_to_bar_fox_news_from_intervewing_pay_czar.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

38
“Administration Loses Bid to Exclude FOX News From Pay Czar Interview,”
FOXNews.com
, October 23, 2009; available at:

39
Lynn Sweet, “Obama Rips TV News for Making Rudeness the Road to Stardom,”
Politics Daily
, September 20, 2009; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/23/administration-loses-bid-exclude-fox-news-pay-czar-interview/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

40
Josh Gerstein, “Gibbs Rebukes CNBC’s Santelli,”
Politico.com
, February 20, 2009; available at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19083.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

41
Phil Rosenthal, “Rant by CNBC’s Rick Santelli Puts Pundit at Odds With Obama Administration,”
Chicago Tribune
, February 22, 2009; available at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-sun-phil-rosenthal-22feb22,0,7002362.column
.

42
Josh Gerstein, “Gibbs Rebukes CNBC’s Santelli,”
op. cit.

43
Jeff Poor, “Gibbs Does It Again—Responds Directly to Media Criticism of Obama, This Time CNBC’s Cramer,”
NewsBusters.org
, March 3, 2009; available at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/03/03/gibbs-does-it-again-responds-directly-media-criticism-obama-time-cnbcs-cr
.

44
Rowan Scarborough, “White House Attack Machine,”
Human Events
, March 20, 2009; available at:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31148
.

45
Frank James, “
Edmunds.com
Cash For Clunkers Analysis Riles Obama Team,”
NPR.org
, October 29, 2009; available at:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/10/edmundscom_cash_for_clunkers_a.html
.

46
Macon Phillips, “Busy Covering Car Sales on Mars,
Edmunds.com
Gets It Wrong (Again) on Cash for Clunkers,” The White House Blog, October 29, 2009; available at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/10/29/busy-covering-car-sales-mars-edmundscom-gets-it-wrong-again-cash-clunkers
.

47
Frank James, “
Edmunds.com
Cash For Clunkers Analysis Riles Obama Team,”
op. cit.

48
Charles Hurt, “Prez Zings GOP Foe in a Stimulating Talk,”
New York Post
, January 23, 2009; available at:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/item_wrDZCVt0TdhQPpY2VuPgnN
.

49
“Obama, Dems Continue Rush Limbaugh Attacks,” WorldNetDaily. com, January 31, 2009; available at:
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=87546
.

50
Jonathan Martin, “Are You With Obama or Rush?”
Politico
, January 29, 2009; available at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18194.html
.

51
Michael Scherer, “Team Obama’s Petty Limbaugh Strategy,” Time. com, March 4, 2009; available at:
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/03/04/team-obamas-petty-limbaugh-strategy/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

52
Ibid.

53
David Von Drehle, “Criticizing Rush Limbaugh: Over the Line?”
Time.com
, March 4, 2009; available at:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1883032,00.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].