No difference, eh?

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

When Bush held speeches and town hall meetings he would corral all protesters far out of sight and earshot and call these "free speech zones". He had no tolerance for dissenting opinions.

For those who think Obama is no different I present another example. During his town hall meeting today a man with a gun stood outside the school, holding a sign quoting Jefferson: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

He was monitored but because he was technically not breaking any laws (he was a private property, a church gave him permission to be there, how Christian of them).

This is exactly the mindset that I'm talking about that needs to change. I know he's just a douchebag that wants attention (and is getting it, even from me) but it's funny how much Republicans and Conservatives would howl about how much we need to respect the President, until we elect a Democratic one.

I don't know what point this guy is trying to make other than a thinly-veiled threat to the President. I hear Obama's detractors calling him a tyrant but I have yet to see him remove a single right from anyone.

Comments

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

Not surprising that a CNN correspondent would get their facts wrong...

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

She got them right. Shay's Rebellion was launched against the United States in Congress Assembled (aka: the First Federal Government that was an African Paper Government) four years after the end of the American Revolutionary War.

You, too fail American History Forever.

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

Ah, I read the quote as O'Brien correcting the CNN correspondent. After reading it over 5 times and parsing it carefully, I see that it's possible to read it as simply giving more information. So, it's just badly written.

And yes, I know about Shay's Rebellion and when it happened and all that, but it wasn't relevant to my comment.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is badly written. I could post pages of profane ranting on how the MSM phrases shit wrong.

It kind of is, given that all facts stated were correct, but the phrasing was horrible.