rssIf It’s Thursday, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) Is Calling Obama a Dictator
Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 11:56 am
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Blake Aued has the scoop on the latest of many rants from the ultra-conservative Georgia congressman on the subject of whether President Obama is becoming a dictator. (The first came days after the 2008 election.) “He told a meeting of the Morgan County Republicans on Wednesday night,” Aued reports, “that Obama already has or will have the three things he needs to make himself a dictator: a national police force, gun control and control over the press.”
He has the three things that are necessary to establish an authoritarian government. And so we need to be ever-vigilant, because freedom is precious.
Broun’s a believer in the “Obama wants to create a civilian army” myth, which he goes on about at length.
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4 Comments
Comment posted September 3, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
Where I'm from, most of the paranoiacs are confined to street corners, freeway underpasses and dive bars. In Georgia, they're elected.
Comment posted September 4, 2009 @ 1:00 am
Does not surprise me at all the Obama is being referred to as a dictator. But for those of you who are still in denial.. this article should clear up your feelings of that hope and change Obama promised you.
Comment posted September 4, 2009 @ 1:15 am
I don't agree with Broun, and I think he has a very unenlightened idea about what things a dictator “needs”.
BUT.
The idea that Obama wants a civilian army is not a “myth”. It almost certainly isn't as nefarious as him wanting his own “S.S.” or whatever, but he last summer he did make a speech in which he said the U.S. needs a civilian force as large and well-funded as the army. The clip and video have been posted all over the web. Just search for it on YouTube. And, oh, maybe whatever site you find the video on will have some alarmist statements about Obama being a dictator or whatever, but you shouldn't let that stop you from actually processes what Obama really says. It's not dictatorial, but I think it's at least cause for serious concern. Calling it a “myth” really makes you lose credibility.
Comment posted September 4, 2009 @ 4:40 am
The only feelings it helps clear up is the disappointment that there are racist conspiracists still on the loose in America.
Eh, whatever. The serious people have a government to run. See you on the other side of the public option, Jimbob!
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